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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, pp. 224 – 263.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the women of Lakshmi's village drink the blue-black juice from the marking tree?
(a) To prevent HIV.
(b) To induce miscarriages.
(c) To prevent miscarriages.
(d) To prevent coughing disease.

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

3. For how many days has Pushpa been ill in bed in the beginning of "Beyond Words"?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

4. What does Anita say happened to the new girl that was brought to Lakshmi's previous room in "Everything I Need to Know Now"?
(a) She hung herself.
(b) She was beaten to death.
(c) She drowned herself.
(d) She was starved to death.

5. How many girls in Nepal are sold into sexual slavery in the brothels of India each year, according to the author in the Author's Note?
(a) Almost 15,000.
(b) Almost 5,000.
(c) Almost 12,000.
(d) Almost 20,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Mumtaz when the raid occurs in "Raid"?

3. How much money does Lakshmi say she charged extra to be with a deformed man the day before in "Whatever it Takes"?

4. What does Monica say her family told her daughter about her in "The Living Dead"?

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

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