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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jivan decide to leave school early in Part IV?
(a) She wants to leave the country and she gets a job outside the country.
(b) She does not decide to leave; her teachers expel her.
(c) She wants to get a job so she can move out on her own.
(d) She wants to help her family pay for her father's medication and other things.

2. What does Lovely do to try to make things a little easier for Jivan's mother and father after the verdict in Part IV?
(a) Brings them tea.
(b) Raises money for them.
(c) Sweeps away the cigarette butts the reporters left outside their door.
(d) Finds new blankets for them.

3. What do Jivan's mother and father eat for dinner together after Jivan's mother's visit to her in Part IV?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Spinach.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Rice and yogurt.

4. What festival does JIvan tell Purnendu about in Part III?
(a) The Carnivale festival.
(b) The Eid festival.
(c) The Republic festival.
(d) The Hindu festival.

5. In Part III, who does PT Sir testify against in court who is connected to Lovely?
(a) Aurunji Ma.
(b) Azad.
(c) Jivan's mother.
(d) Hali.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part IV, why does the mob kill the Muslim man?

2. What kind of tea do people routinely sell in the street where Jivan used to live?

3. Who had the most severe problem with Lovely's gender?

4. Where does Jivan's mother routinely go in the middle of the night near the railway tracks in Part III?

5. Who brings the newspaper with the article about Jivan to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the verdict that is returned in Jivan's trial?

2. Why does Lovely leave her home as a young person?

3. What does Jivan's mother do for her that gives her strength in Part IV?

4. What does Bimala Pal help PT Sir procure for his school?

5. How did Jivan get the chance to go to an excellent girls' school despite her poverty?

6. How does Lovely feel when she goes to Azad's wedding?

7. How does Jivan think the other girls in her school think of her?

8. Why are the inmates at Jivan's prison given the task of "beautifying" it?

9. What does Mr. Debnath tell Lovely in Part III that lifts her spirits?

10. What happens to Ragini after her sex reassignment surgery?

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