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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 is "Shilpa's Secret" revealed to be in the chapter with this title?
(a) She is married.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is an alcoholic.
(d) She is running away.

2. What does Lakshmi describe the smell of cooking onions representing to her in "A Secret"?
(a) The time for men to begin arriving at Happiness House.
(b) The time for payments to Mumatz.
(c) The time for sleeping.
(d) The time for The Bold and the Beautiful to come on television.

3. What color does Lakshmi describe her mother's hair as in "Something Beautiful"?
(a) "Corn-yellow."
(b) "Silvery gray."
(c) "Crow-black."
(d) "Dark auburn."

4. Through how many villages does Lakshmi say she has traveled with Auntie in the beginning of "A New World"?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

5. What do the older boys call the David Beckham boy's mother when they taunt him in "No Ordinary Boy, After All"?
(a) A monster.
(b) A corpse.
(c) A whore.
(d) A cretin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the women of Lakshmi's village drink the blue-black juice from the marking tree?

2. What caused the girl with the half-frowning face to look as she does?

3. Who informs Lakshmi that Monica is gone in "No Remedy"?

4. Why has Monica been thrown out of Happiness House in "No Remedy"?

5. What name has Lakshmi given to "the ugly one" among her cucumbers in "Confession"?

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