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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 the boy in the David Beckham t-shirt grab and run off with as the girls put on their makeup in "Meeting the David Beckham Boy"?
(a) A Coca-Cola.
(b) An apple.
(c) A cup of tea.
(d) A paper kite.

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

3. What is the occupation of the boy that Lakshmi is promised to marry in "Before Gita Left"?
(a) He is a tin-smith.
(b) He is a goatherd.
(c) He is a butler.
(d) He is a tea peddler.

4. What color is the dress that Auntie gives to Lakshmi in "New Clothes"?
(a) Pink.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Shahanna is teaching Lakshmi tricks with her shawl in "Everything I Need to Know Now," what does she say to do in order to bring the shy men to her bed?

2. 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?

3. How old is Lakshmi in the beginning of the novel?

4. What does Lakshmi see Mumtaz doing with the policeman in "Police"?

5. Who is the boy that Lakshmi says she is promised to marry in "Before Gita Left"?

(see the answer key)

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