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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 does Lakshmi describe on the posters in "In This Room"?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Monsters and ghosts.
(c) Gods and movie stars.
(d) Mammals and birds.

2. What name has Lakshmi given to "the ugly one" among her cucumbers in "Confession"?
(a) Bajai.
(b) Shahanna.
(c) Anita.
(d) Naazma.

3. What does Mumtaz say she will do to Lakshmi if she tries to run away in "Changes"?
(a) Rub hot chilies in her private parts.
(b) Beat her with a metal rod.
(c) Drown her in the river.
(d) Hang her by her fingernails.

4. How old is Lakshmi in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

5. How much money does Lakshmi discover her customers are paying for her in "The Customers"?
(a) 50 rupees.
(b) 20 rupees.
(c) 30 rupees.
(d) 100 rupees.

Short Answer 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"?

2. Which of Lakshmi's cucumbers is shaped like a snake, according to the narrator in "Confession"?

3. What are "the carts with chicken and sheep in the back" called, according to Lakshmi in "On the Bus"?

4. What food does Uncle Husband get for Lakshmi during a stop on the train?

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

(see the answer key)

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