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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. Who does Azad marry in Part III?
2. Why does Jivan decide not to tell Purnendu about Lovely testifying for her?
3. Why does PT Sir say that Jivan's behavior in school was suspicious?
4. Whose house does Lovely walk past at the end of Part III to see if she can catch a glimpse of this person?
5. Who is the casting director Lovely sees in Part III?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Ragini after her sex reassignment surgery?
2. What does Jivan do as she waits on the train platform, and why?
3. What does Purnendu eventually write about Jivan?
4. Why does Lovely leave her home as a young person?
5. What does Jivan's mother do for her that gives her strength in Part IV?
6. What does Jivan do when someone locked in the burning train beckons to her to try to save his young daughter?
7. In Part III, what does Jivan's mother do for a living?
8. How does Jivan think the other girls in her school think of her?
9. What does Jivan tell Purnendu she is guilty of?
10. What is the verdict that is returned in Jivan's trial?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Jivan decide to try to speak with a reporter to get her story out into the public? How does speaking with the reporter Purnendu work out for her? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Majumdar's language in describing some of the most harrowing action in the novel - the burning train, Jivan's experiences in prison, the mob's killing of the muslim man and his entire family, and Jivan's hanging.
Essay Topic 3
How does PT Sir justify his increasingly unethical behaviors to himself as the novel progresses? What do you think is a turning point for PT Sir in how far he is willing to go to secure his new rise in the world of politics? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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