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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. How does Lakshmi's mother denote the years of how old she and Lakshmi are in "Another Calendar"?
(a) By marks on her wedding trunk.
(b) By a wall-calendar.
(c) By notches on her headboard.
(d) By marks on her belt.

2. What does Lakshmi do in order to escape the old man who attempts to rape her after she's first arrived at Happiness House?
(a) She bites his hand.
(b) She kicks him in the groin.
(c) She slaps his face.
(d) She bites his tongue.

3. Whom does the tea vendor cheat out of her change if she's not paying attention, according to Lakshmi in "The Street Boy"?
(a) Mumtaz.
(b) Shahanna.
(c) Lakshmi.
(d) Ama.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Auntie do to make Lakshmi keep walking ahead in "Moving Forward"?

2. What does Lakshmi describe on the posters in "In This Room"?

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

4. Where does the David Beckham boy keep his belongings?

5. What food does Mumtaz pass under Lakshmi's nose in "What I Don't Do"?

(see the answer key)

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