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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. When does Naomi have a cesarean section?

2. What does Karthik do as a career?

3. What journal does Edgar Allen Poe once edit?

4. Who is the father of Naomi's twins?

5. What problem does Bhargavi's baby have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Naomi's family begin to notice about her after the birth of her twins?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Naomi do after being in "segregation" for a while?

8. Why does Laura decide to go off of her medications?

9. What does Bhargavi eventually begin to feel in her proximity to death?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What connections does Aviv draw between Naomi's and Bapu's lives and illnesses? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Aviv propose that generational trauma and abuse affects Naomi's life and actions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Naomi understand her own actions on the bridge on July 4, 2003, after the fact, and how does Aviv convey this reality to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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