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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act One, pages 13-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Benare like about the Kashikars?
(a) They are educated.
(b) They do nice things for each other.
(c) They have a good sense of humor.
(d) They do good things for other people.

2. What does Samant keep trying to show Benare in Act One?
(a) A book.
(b) A lock and key.
(c) A green cloth parrot.
(d) A magic trick.

3. What does Mrs. Kashikar ask Rokde about in Act One?
(a) Kashikar's judge's wig.
(b) The luggage.
(c) Sukhatme's lawyer's gown.
(d) Ponkshe's pipe.

4. About what is the song that Benare sings in English in Act one?
(a) A parrot, a sparrow, and a crow.
(b) A man who wants to marry her.
(c) Waves crashing on a shore.
(d) An inscription she wrote on the first page of every book.

5. What is Samant carrying in his hands when he enters in Act One?
(a) A toy parrot made of green cloth.
(b) A lock and key.
(c) A lock and key, toy parrot, and a book.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Samant respond to Benare's calling him "lovely"?

2. How does Benare react when Ponkshe tells her she has been accused?

3. How does Ponkshe react to Benare's offer to do something for the others in Act one?

4. How do the characters know Damle will not make it to the mock trial?

5. Who do Ponkshe and Karnik gossip about in Act One?

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