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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, pp. 114-171.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has been done to the woman that Uncle Husband says has been punished for running away from her husband in "Disgraced"?
(a) She has been hanged.
(b) She has been imprisoned.
(c) She has been raped.
(d) Her head has been shaved.

2. Lakshmi's village is amidst what mountain range?
(a) The Andes.
(b) The Rockies.
(c) The Himalayas.
(d) The Sierra Nevada.

3. Who is the girl at Happiness House that gets the most customers?
(a) Anita.
(b) Shilpa.
(c) Shahanna.
(d) Monica.

4. What does Lakshmi's stepfather carry as he walks with her to Bajai Sita's store in "A Trade"?
(a) A bag of rice.
(b) A cup of tea.
(c) An empty firewood basket.
(d) A diamond ring.

5. What game does Lakshmi describe playing with Gita in "Before Gita Left"?
(a) "The American football game."
(b) The game of Spin the Bottle.
(c) "The hopping-on-one-leg game."
(d) "The running around the barn game."

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of roof does Lakshmi's family have on their hut in the beginning of the novel?

2. Who brings Lakshmi tea in "A Cup of Tea"?

3. What is the name of the girl that Lakshmi describes as "the aging bird girl" at Happiness House?

4. Who is the coughing woman that shares a room with Lakshmi at Happiness House?

5. After how many days of her punishment from Mumtaz does Lakshmi say she has stopped dreaming?

(see the answer key)

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