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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act One, pages 13-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the song Benare is singing when she returns from the bathroom about?
(a) A parrot and a sparrow.
(b) A parrot and a crow.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A crow and a sparrow.

2. How does Benare react to her charge?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is stunned.
(d) She leaves the room.

3. Why does Karnik say Kashikar and Mrs. Kashikar are late?
(a) Kashikar wanted to buy cigarettes.
(b) They missed their train.
(c) Kashikar wanted to buy Mrs. Kashikar a garland for her hair.
(d) Kashikar wanted to buy pan.

4. About what is the song that Benare sings in English in Act one?
(a) A parrot, a sparrow, and a crow.
(b) A man who wants to marry her.
(c) An inscription she wrote on the first page of every book.
(d) Waves crashing on a shore.

5. Whom does Samant say the green cloth parrot in his hand is for, in Act One?
(a) His sister-in-law.
(b) Benare.
(c) His nephew.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rokde say Rawte is missing, too, in Act One?

2. What does Samant think about President Johnson?

3. What does Benare say the mock trial that day will be about?

4. What do Samant and Benare do to surprise the others in Act one?

5. What does Samant say is missing for the tea?

(see the answer key)

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