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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 Harish give to Jeena for the festival of brothers and sisters?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A soccer ball.
(c) A rag doll.
(d) A dress.

2. Whom does the tea vendor give tea to even if she doesn't have money until the next day, according to the narrator in "The Street Boy"?
(a) Anita.
(b) Monica.
(c) Shahanna.
(d) Mumatz.

3. What color is Nepali dirt described as in "A Handful of Fog"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Orange.

4. What does Lakshmi describe "Stealing from the David Beckham Boy" in the chapter with this title?
(a) Glimpses in his storybook.
(b) His money.
(c) A rag doll.
(d) His pencils.

5. What is a daughter compared to in "The Difference Between a Son and a Daughter"?
(a) A cow.
(b) A goat.
(c) A doll.
(d) A diamond.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the half-frowning girl at Happiness House?

3. How does Lakshmi's mother denote the years of how old she and Lakshmi are in "Another Calendar"?

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

5. What does Monica leave for Lakshmi when she leaves Happiness House?

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