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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. From whom is the quote that precedes Part Three: "A Little Wildness" taken?

2. How does the text gloss the term “bhaari”?

3. How old is Meena?

4. How many rupees is the fine for spitting in the courthouse?

5. From whom is the quote that precedes Part Four: "Up and Out" taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Manju plan to escape an arranged marriage to a rural soldier?

2. Why is the wedding Asha and her family attend in her hometown subdued?

3. What is Asha’s main regret as her political career advances?

4. What causes Asha to feel “like a giantess, coming home” (135)?

5. What causes Sunil’s sister to become bald?

6. Why had Sunil and Sonu fallen out previously?

7. How does Sunil know that almonds have ripened?

8. What familial duty does Manju carry out at the wedding in her mother’s hometown?

9. Why are Abdul’s compatriots accepting of deceptions in narratives?

10. Why did India set up high-speed courts, per the text?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What character is the protagonist of Behind the Beautiful Forevers? How does the book support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 3

Consider the ending of the text. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

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