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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. Where does Laura grow up?

2. Where is Naomi sent after sentencing?

3. Why does Bhargavi travel from Pune to Chennai in 2019?

4. Who is Naomi's youngest sister?

5. What is one of the first drugs Laura ever takes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Naomi run into trouble with employment after her release from prison?

2. What does Naomi know about the circumstances of her own birth?

3. What is one reason Naomi and her siblings and mother move a lot when she is young?

4. What does Laura do when she is 25?

5. What does Karthik eventually build a career around?

6. What had Naomi always felt was incompatible with being a Black woman?

7. What do people eventually begin to think of Bapu in the last years of her life?

8. What do Laura's first doctors start her down the path of in Part IV?

9. What does Laura feel for the first time in a very long time following her suicide attempt?

10. What tragedy does Bhargavi suffer in her young adult life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and when does Aviv establish her personal connection to the book's topic? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why do people come to believe that Bapu was like a mystic or a saint? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Aviv spends a significant amount of time exploring Ray's relationship with his own father? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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