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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ponkshe want in Act One?
(a) Tea.
(b) A song.
(c) A story.
(d) A poem.

2. What does Benare say the mock trial that day will be about?
(a) A group of educators who bully a coworker out of jealousy.
(b) Two parents who treat their foster child like a slave.
(c) A man who prides himself on his book learning.
(d) A case against President Johnson for producing atomic weapons.

3. How does Benare react when Ponkshe tells her she has been accused?
(a) She stiffens.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She leaves the room.
(d) She cries.

4. In Act one, what type of show does Benare say will be staged in the meeting hall that night?
(a) A poetry recitation.
(b) A soccer match.
(c) A mock trial.
(d) A play.

5. What role was Damle supposed to play in the mock trial?
(a) The judge.
(b) The defense.
(c) The prosecution.
(d) A witness.

6. Who enters in Act One while Benare and the others are singing?
(a) Kashikar.
(b) Sukhatme.
(c) Mrs. Kashikar.
(d) Karnik.

7. What does Samant keep trying to show Benare in Act One?
(a) A book.
(b) A magic trick.
(c) A green cloth parrot.
(d) A lock and key.

8. Who is the first character to enter in the play?
(a) Benare.
(b) Sukhatme.
(c) Kashikar.
(d) Samant.

9. What is Ponkshe's day job?
(a) He works as a clerk in the Central Telegraph Office.
(b) He is a scientist.
(c) He is a teacher.
(d) He is an Intellectual.

10. What did Benare used to write on the first page of every book she had?
(a) A song.
(b) A nice fresh cover.
(c) A children's story.
(d) A poem.

11. What does Mrs. Kashikar like about having an imaginary case?
(a) It is an opportunity to prepare Samant for the mock trial.
(b) It is an opportunity to bully Benare.
(c) It is an opportunity to rehearse.
(d) It is an opportunity to show off the garland in her hair.

12. Who do the characters decide should play the accused?
(a) Rokde.
(b) Damle.
(c) Samant.
(d) Benare.

13. What is Benare's response when Sukhatme sarcastically compliments her singing?
(a) She stands up.
(b) She sticks her tongue out at him.
(c) She leaves the room.
(d) She claps her hands.

14. What does Mrs. Kashikar ask Rokde about in Act One?
(a) Ponkshe's pipe.
(b) Kashikar's judge's wig.
(c) Sukhatme's lawyer's gown.
(d) The luggage.

15. What does Benare lie about, in Act One?
(a) Chewing pan.
(b) Meeting Damle.
(c) Buying garlands.
(d) Smoking cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Samant go when he leaves the stage momentarily toward the end of Act One?

2. What is the song Benare is singing when she returns from the bathroom about?

3. In Act One, how does Benare express that she likes Samant?

4. What is Samant carrying in his hands when he enters in Act One?

5. How does Ponkshe react to Benare's offer to do something for the others in Act one?

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