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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the national holiday celebrating the country's constitution?
(a) Red Day.
(b) Republic Day.
(c) Hero Day.
(d) Celebration Day.

2. What does Americandi do to Jivan in the television room when they first meet?
(a) Feeds her.
(b) Slaps her.
(c) Cuts her with a knife.
(d) Comforts her.

3. Where does Jivan work?
(a) Herod's.
(b) Smiley's.
(c) Pantaloons.
(d) Ribbons.

4. Who is Jivan's cellmate?
(a) Americandi.
(b) Kalyan.
(c) Jalala.
(d) Bimi.

5. Who tells Lovely that she needs to let her lover go?
(a) Ramesh's best friend.
(b) Riley's father.
(c) Azad's brother.
(d) Hazim's sister.

6. What movie does Lovely watch with her sisters in Part II?
(a) Aladdin.
(b) Heartsong.
(c) The Princess.
(d) A Match Made by God.

7. What invitation is PT Sir excited about in Part II?
(a) Katie Banerjee invites him to a party.
(b) The Prime Minister invites him to a ceremony.
(c) His daughter invites him to her wedding.
(d) Bimala Pal invites him to lunch at her house.

8. What kind of work did Jivan's father once do?
(a) Drove a rickshaw.
(b) Molded metals.
(c) Wrote translations.
(d) Sewed clothes.

9. What are some of the most significant expenses Jivan's parents incur from?
(a) Housing.
(b) Her father's medicines.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Food.

10. What does PT Sir's wife think about Bimala Pal's tactics?
(a) She thinks Pal is a friend only to the wealthy.
(b) She thinks Pal is pandering to the unemployed.
(c) She thinks Pal is lying to preserve her own position.
(d) She thinks Pal is a demagogue.

11. Where does the terrorist attack on the train occur in Part I?
(a) Bali.
(b) Kolbagan.
(c) Lusibari.
(d) Kolkata.

12. Who does Jivan ask to find Lovely for her?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her best friend.

13. What political party does Bimala Pal lead?
(a) Jimi Logi.
(b) Muhir Rodan.
(c) Raheer Nest.
(d) Jana Kalyan.

14. What does Lovely see the mother of the baby she blesses doing in Part II?
(a) Washing her hands after touching Lovely.
(b) Rubbing salt on her skin.
(c) Stealing money from Lovely's purse.
(d) Admiring herself in the mirror.

15. What is the women's favorite drama to watch on television in the prison?
(a) Grocery Store Standoff.
(b) Why Won't Mother-in-Law Love Me?
(c) Funny Lines.
(d) Real Friends of Kolabagan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jivan say was in the package people saw her with at the train station?

2. What does Jivan do in order to try to ask Uma madam for a favor?

3. Why does Jivan speak to Purnendu in English in Part II?

4. What religion does Jivan practice?

5. Who is the chief guard of the women's prison?

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