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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. Who was Prakash's benefactor?
(a) Pitaji.
(b) Masterji.
(c) Masterji's nephew in California.
(d) Professor Vadhera.

2. What type of pin does Du give Jasmine?
(a) A rhinestone ladybug.
(b) An emerald tipped unicorn.
(c) A horseshoe-shaped gem.
(d) A rhinestone heart.

3. What is the name of the local beauty salon?
(a) Mother's Beauty Parlor.
(b) Baden's Hair Salon.
(c) Karin's Kurls.
(d) Madam Cleo's.

4. What is a nullah?
(a) A small cove.
(b) A hut.
(c) A body of water.
(d) A type of fruit.

5. Jasmine's injury is tended to by whom?
(a) Her son.
(b) The servants.
(c) Her sisters.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Lions deliver the bomb that kill Prakash?

2. Who collects pieces of aluminum foil?

3. What were the courtyard toilets filled with?

4. Who hails Jasmine's brother as they leave the tea shop?

5. Who goes early for the latrine hour?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what experience does Jasmine recall, that clarifies what she does not want to become?

2. Why does Masterji come to visit Pitaji?

3. How does Jasmine compare her identities to Dr. Mary Webb's reincarnations?

4. What is the great battle between Dida and Mataji?

5. What happened with "a dog, but not a dog"?

6. Jasmine calls Prakash a modern man. What are some examples of his modern outlook?

7. What thoughts are running through Jasmine's head as she encounters a drunk Darrel, and as she drives him back to his farm?

8. What news did Jasmine's mother convey to her about her old teacher?

9. When does Jasmine realize that her son's sexual curiosity may have been awakened?

10. What did the letters Masterji read to his students reveal about American farmers?

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