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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What type of plane is mentioned in the book?
2. What is the name of the boat Jasmine stows away on during the last leg of her journey?
3. In villages close to the border, what is an acceptable profession?
4. What did Jasmine burn under the jasmine tree?
5. What is Bud's profession?
Short Essay Questions
1. Jasmine has no one to pick her up at the American shore. What happens when she accepts a ride?
2. What is the great battle between Dida and Mataji?
3. After Pitaji died, and Jasmine's brothers came home to take care of the family. How was the outside world brought in to Jasmine at their family home?
4. What is Jasmine referring to when she says a "hell turned into paradise?"
5. On the night Jasmine fell in love "before" first sight, two men were guests in the family courtyard. Who are they and why did they disagree?
6. Why does Jasmine call Karin after Taylor and Duff arrive?
7. Who is Harlan Kroener?
8. Although Jasmine and her husband did not have a child, how did Jasmine feel they had created life?
9. After Masterji leaves from speaking with Pitaji about Jasmine's education, what happens to Jasmine's mother, and what is decided about Jasmine's education versus marrying the widower?
10. How does Jasmine's idea of "dull" differ from Taylor's?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Dida and Mataji have opposing views about Jasmine's role as a female. Explain both sides. Why does Mataji fight so hard for her side? Why do you think Dida fights so hard for hers? Who unexpectedly comes to aid Mataji's point of view and why?
Essay Topic 2
Thoughts triggered by an encounter with a patient, while waiting at the hospital for her doctor, cause Jasmine to compare the woman's treatment of her with that of the Baden farmers and those professors and nannies she interacted with in New York. Briefly describe how the woman treated her when Jasmine brought a cup of water to her. Then explain what Jasmine recalled about how the farmers and the New Yorkers treated her differently. Which treatment did Jasmine seem to prefer?
Essay Topic 3
Jasmine watches her son. In his actions and in some of the things he says, Jasmine thinks of Du as the kind of son she would have had with her husband. Why do Jasmine's thoughts go this way and what are some things that Du says and does to support her thoughts?
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