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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, pp. 172 – 223.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lakshmi see Mumtaz doing with the policeman in "Police"?
(a) Giving him money.
(b) Beating him.
(c) Performing sex acts with him.
(d) Begging him for freedom.

2. Who brings Lakshmi tea in "A Cup of Tea"?
(a) Harrison.
(b) Mumtaz.
(c) Shahanna.
(d) Harry.

3. What does Lakshmi describe the smell of cooking onions representing to her in "A Secret"?
(a) The time for payments to Mumatz.
(b) The time for sleeping.
(c) The time for The Bold and the Beautiful to come on television.
(d) The time for men to begin arriving at Happiness House.

4. What price is ultimately agreed upon for Lakshmi in "A Trade"?
(a) 1,000 rupess.
(b) 800 rupees.
(c) 200 rupees.
(d) 500 rupees.

5. What does Lakshmi respond when Harish asks her each day, "How are you today?"
(a) "I don't know."
(b) "I am Lakshmi and I am well."
(c) "How are you?"
(d) "Fine, thank you. And you?"

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the tea vendor give tea to even if she doesn't have money until the next day, according to the narrator in "The Street Boy"?

2. What is described as the "most important button" in "Remote Control"?

3. Lakshmi equates the cost of her services at Happiness House with the cost of what item from Bajai Sita's store in her village?

4. In "Seeing a Girl with a Long Black Braid," the narrator says, "There are a thousand girls in the city. But so far, none of them is" whom?

5. How many villages has Lakshmi walked through with Auntie in the beginning of "Questions and Answers"?

(see the answer key)

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