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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. To which actress is Kehkashan compared?

2. In what police station are Abdul and Karam held?

3. How many rupees does Asha ask from Zehrunisa to smooth things over with Fatima?

4. Which of the following is noted as the worst of the extortionate constables?

5. The text glosses “tapori” as meaning which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Abdul a criminal before police begin to pursue him?

2. What is the purpose of the beatings local police administer to their detainees?

3. Why is Fatima unable to take Asha’s offer of compromise with Zehrunisa?

4. What does Asha mean when she tells a petitioner to go to a temple and pray?

5. What story does Abdul fabricate about being inside a hotel?

6. For what reasons do Abdul’s parents favor their selection of a wife for him?

7. Why does Abdul think his heart is too small?

8. Why is Avinash unsuitable to be a slumlord?

9. Why does Abdul dislike sorting polyurethane bags?

10. Why do the recycling plant owners wear white?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Behind the Beautiful Forevers? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the book supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of Behind the Beautiful Forevers. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

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