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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 caused the girl with the half-frowning face to look as she does?
(a) She had a brain aneurism.
(b) She had a stroke.
(c) She was beaten with a metal pipe.
(d) She fell down stairs.

2. What food does Mumtaz pass under Lakshmi's nose in "What I Don't Do"?
(a) Chicken soup.
(b) Potato soup.
(c) Curried rice.
(d) Roast beef.

3. After how many days of her punishment from Mumtaz does Lakshmi say she has stopped dreaming?
(a) After 3 days.
(b) After 10 days.
(c) After 2 days.
(d) After 5 days.

4. What does Mumtaz offer to do to help Pushpa in "Beyond Words"?
(a) She offers to buy her son from her.
(b) She offers to sell Pushpa to a different brothel.
(c) She offers to buy her infant daughter.
(d) She offers to give Pushpa a loan.

5. What symbol is on the card that the American gives to Lakshmi in "A Strange Customer"?
(a) A peace sign.
(b) A bird in flight.
(c) A circle.
(d) A star.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Don't Cross the Cook," Lakshmi says she learned a new Hindi phrase today which is "Don't cross the cook or she will" do what?

2. Who brings Lakshmi rice when she is brought to live with the other girls in "What is Normal"?

3. What does Lakshmi describe the smell of cooking onions representing to her in "A Secret"?

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

5. What does Lakshmi do in order to escape the old man who attempts to rape her after she's first arrived at Happiness House?

(see the answer key)

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