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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. What business is Haresh Khanna involved in?

2. Who does Pran tell his family Lata has eloped with in Part 3?

3. What refers to a title for a Muslim religious leader or chief?

4. Who is determined to erect a Temple to Shiva just west of the Alamgiri Mosque in Part 5?

5. Who had been a classmate of Kalpana Gaur's at St. Stephen's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prank does Pran play on the women in his family in Part 3? What is the result?

2. Who are Lata's choices for a husband? Who does she choose?

3. What relatives of Mrs. Rupa Mehra does she visit with Lata in Part 9? How are they described?

4. What happens with Rasheed's family in Part 17? Why?

5. How does Vikram Seth reveal his point of view through the writer Amit in Part 18?

6. What festival is taking place in Part 2? Who entertains during the festival?

7. How does the friendship between Maan and Rasheed develop? What is Maan's reason for learning Urdu?

8. What conflicts arise in Part 11?

9. What events take place in the principle romances in Part 13? What does Kakoli think of Lata's play?

10. How is the Mehra household depicted in the beginning of Part 7? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Part 8, where does Maan depart on a journey with Rasheed and why? How long will they be away from Calcutta? What does Maan discover along this journey?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the tanning pits from Part 4. Who takes Haresh there? Why? How are they described?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the similarities and differences between the Mehra household and the Chatterji household as depicted in Part 7. What differences exist within the parental figures? How are the children similar? How do they differ?

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