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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, pp. 172 – 223.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Auntie do to make Lakshmi keep walking ahead in "Moving Forward"?
(a) She kicks Lakshmi.
(b) She throws gravel at Lakshmi's heels.
(c) She hits Lakshmi with a whip.
(d) She pinches Lakshmi.

2. What does Lakshmi give to Harish for the festival of brothers and sisters?
(a) A notebook.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A bundle of clothes.
(d) A rag doll.

3. Who gave Lakshmi the notebook that she carries in her pack as she makes her way with Auntie?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her teacher.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

4. How does Lakshmi describe Auntie's teeth in "Questions and Answers"?
(a) Blackened.
(b) Sharpened.
(c) Sparkling white.
(d) Yellow.

5. How old is the boy who wears the David Beckham t-shirt?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Lakshmi's black-and-white speckled goat that follows her at home?

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

3. What does Shahanna ask of Lakshmi when Lakshmi tells her about the American in "A Secret"?

4. After how many days of her punishment from Mumtaz does Lakshmi say she has stopped dreaming?

5. Lakshmi equates the cost of her services at Happiness House with the cost of what item from Bajai Sita's store in her village?

(see the answer key)

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