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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 has been done to the woman that Uncle Husband says has been punished for running away from her husband in "Disgraced"?
(a) Her head has been shaved.
(b) She has been imprisoned.
(c) She has been raped.
(d) She has been hanged.

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

3. How much money does Shahanna say Mumtaz charges the girls for their daily rice and dal?
(a) 80 rupees.
(b) 10 rupees.
(c) 100 rupees.
(d) 20 rupees.

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

5. What name has Lakshmi given to the cucumber that she refers to as "the gnarled grandmother of the group" in "Confession"?
(a) Bajai.
(b) Pushpa.
(c) Anita.
(d) Ananta.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What color dress is the new girl wearing in "New Girl"?

4. Where does Lakshmi go for her period of confinement after her first menstruation?

5. How much money does Mumtaz withhold from the girls' earnings at Happiness House for the monthly shot that the "dirty-hands doctor" gives them so they won't get pregnant?

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