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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. Who is the coughing woman that shares a room with Lakshmi at Happiness House?
(a) Pushpa.
(b) Shilpa.
(c) Anita.
(d) Anna.

2. Who takes Lakshmi's virginity at the Happiness House?
(a) Aadit.
(b) Habib.
(c) Harish.
(d) Aminol.

3. What is the name of the girl that Lakshmi describes as "the aging bird girl" at Happiness House?
(a) Shahanna.
(b) Mumatz.
(c) Pushpa.
(d) Shilpa.

4. How many girls are estimated by the U.S. State Department to be trafficked into the sex slave trade annually worldwide?
(a) Almost two million.
(b) Almost half a million.
(c) Almost one million.
(d) Almost 50,000.

5. How much money does Lakshmi's stepfather ask for Lakshmi when he sells her at Bajai Sita's store in "A Trade"?
(a) 500 rupees.
(b) 850 rupees.
(c) 1,000 rupees.
(d) 2,000 rupees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brought Pushpa to Happiness House?

2. 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?

3. Where does Lakshmi hide the American's card in "A Small Danger"?

4. How much money does Shahanna say Mumtaz charges the girls for weekly rent for their bed and pillow in "Mathematics"?

5. What does the bus smell like, according to Lakshmi in "On the Bus"?

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