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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. How old does Lakshmi describe her mother as in "Another Calendar"?
(a) 23.
(b) 31.
(c) 42.
(d) 36.

2. Which of Lakshmi's cucumbers is shaped like a snake, according to the narrator in "Confession"?
(a) Muthi.
(b) Ananta.
(c) Yeti.
(d) Vishnu.

3. What kind of vendor calls out to sell his wares below Lakshmi's window in "What I Don't Do"?
(a) An onion vendor.
(b) A popcorn vendor.
(c) A roti vendor.
(d) A peanut vendor.

4. What does the bus smell like, according to Lakshmi in "On the Bus"?
(a) "Onions and curry and cigarette smoke."
(b) "Rotting meat and garbage."
(c) "Stale bread and old shoes."
(d) "Pipe smoke and incense."

5. Lakshmi says in Section 1 that her stepfather looks at her the same way he looks at what vegetables growing in front of their hut?
(a) Peas.
(b) Cucumbers.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Peppers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Auntie Mumtaz wearing when Lakshmi first meets her in "Ten Thousand Rupees"?

2. What does the bus do when it encounters a cow sleeping in the middle of the road in "On the Bus"?

3. What does Mumtaz do to coerce Lakshmi into being with men after beating her for three days?

4. How does Lakshmi describe the amount of money that the turnip-nosed man gives to Auntie in "Numbers"?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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