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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. Whose wedding sari did Jasmine wear for her wedding?

2. In which state do Darrel's parents vacation in January?

3. What is the name of the boat Jasmine stows away on during the last leg of her journey?

4. What is a kirpan?

5. Who has a nephew in California?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jasmine describe Lillian's views on helping people through tough times?

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

3. How are Jasmine's "differences" treated by the Baden farmers versus the people she encountered while living in New York?

4. Jasmine has no one to pick her up at the American shore. What happens when she accepts a ride?

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

6. Why is Darrel Lutz planting his thousand acre family farm alone for the first time?

7. Why does Kate's home remind Jasmine of Lillian's tastes?

8. How did "day mummy" come about?

9. Who is Harlan Kroener?

10. Although Jasmine and her husband did not have a child, how did Jasmine feel they had created life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dida and Mataji have opposing views about Jasmine's role as a female. Explain both sides. Why does Mataji fight so hard for her side? Why do you think Dida fights so hard for hers? Who unexpectedly comes to aid Mataji's point of view and why?

Essay Topic 2

Jasmine watches her son. In his actions and in some of the things he says, Jasmine thinks of Du as the kind of son she would have had with her husband. Why do Jasmine's thoughts go this way and what are some things that Du says and does to support her thoughts?

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the book Taylor and Duff arrive at the Iowa farm. Talking to Karin on the phone Jasmine thinks "Karin stayed. Du and I are different." Discuss this. Why does Jasmine have these thoughts? What does Jasmine mean by "Karin stayed?" How are Du and Jasmine "different"? (Hint: Don't get caught up in explaining cultural or ethnic differences here.)

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