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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, pp. 52-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lakshmi scrub the floors with at her hut to keep it cool and "free from evil spirits" in "The New Student"?
(a) Dung water.
(b) Ammonia.
(c) Bleach.
(d) Chlorine.

2. What does Mumtaz beat Lakshmi with for three days in "Three Days and Three Nights"?
(a) A twig from a willow tree.
(b) A leather strap.
(c) A wooden board.
(d) A metal pipe.

3. 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 raped.
(b) Her head has been shaved.
(c) She has been imprisoned.
(d) She has been hanged.

4. What answer does Auntie give to the turnip-nosed man when he asks about Lakshmi in "Numbers"?
(a) "Sixteen."
(b) "Eight."
(c) "Twelve."
(d) "Fourteen."

5. What disability does Lakshmi describe her stepfather having in "The Difference Between a Son and a Daughter"?
(a) He is deaf.
(b) He has a lame leg.
(c) He has a lame arm.
(d) He is blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does Lakshmi describe the huts of her village in "Something Beautiful"?

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

3. What name has Lakshmi given to the cucumber that she refers to as "the gnarled grandmother of the group" in "Confession"?

4. Why do the women of Lakshmi's village drink the blue-black juice from the marking tree?

5. What game does Lakshmi describe playing with Gita in "Before Gita Left"?

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