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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Benare describe Samant's character in Act One?
(a) She says he is a very pure and good person.
(b) She calls him a buffoon.
(c) She calls him a baby.
(d) She forgets his name.

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

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

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

5. What does Benare offer to do for the others in Act One?
(a) Tell them a children's story.
(b) Recite poems for them.
(c) Sing songs for them.
(d) Teach them.

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

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

8. How does Ponkshe react to Benare's offer to do something for the others in Act one?
(a) He asks her to sit down.
(b) He encourages her to continue.
(c) He sticks his fingers in his ears.
(d) He is annoyed.

9. 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.

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

11. 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) A crow and a sparrow.
(d) Flowers.

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

13. Who do Ponkshe and Karnik gossip about in Act One?
(a) Damle.
(b) Benare.
(c) Rokde.
(d) Mrs. Kashikar.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act one, what type of show does Benare say will be staged in the meeting hall that night?

2. What did Benare used to write on the first page of every book she had?

3. What does Benare call Mrs. Kashikar?

4. What does Benare lie about, in Act One?

5. What does Samant offer Benare in Act One?

(see the answer keys)

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