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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Samant say is missing for the tea?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Water.
(c) Milk.
(d) Lemon.

2. What does Benare like about the Kashikars?
(a) They are educated.
(b) They do nice things for each other.
(c) They do good things for other people.
(d) They have a good sense of humor.

3. What does Benare say she never buys?
(a) Garlands.
(b) Pan.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Tea.

4. In Act One, how does Benare express that she likes Samant?
(a) She sticks her tongue out at him.
(b) She moves away from him.
(c) She stands closely to him.
(d) She forgets his name.

5. How does Samant respond to Benare's calling him "lovely"?
(a) He is embarrassed.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is non-responsive.
(d) He is flattered.

6. What role do the characters argue about in Act One?
(a) The lawyers.
(b) The fourth witness.
(c) The judge.
(d) The accused.

7. What does Benare call Mrs. Kashikar?
(a) Mrs. Prime Objective.
(b) An Expert on the Law.
(c) An Intellectual.
(d) Mrs. Hand-That-Rocks-the-Cradle.

8. What does Benare say, in Act One, about her teaching?
(a) She does it for the money.
(b) No one can find fault with it.
(c) It is very hard work.
(d) She has difficult students.

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

10. What do the characters discuss after deciding who should play the accused?
(a) Jury selection.
(b) Her sentence.
(c) The set arrangements.
(d) Her charge.

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

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

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

14. What does Samant call Benare that offends her in Act one?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A schoolmarm.
(c) An educator.
(d) An instructor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What books does Sukhatme say they have for the oath-taking in the mock trial?

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

3. What does Benare offer to do for the others in Act One?

4. What does Sukhatme propose the characters do to pass the time in Act One?

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

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