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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lakshmi's village is amidst what mountain range?
(a) The Andes.
(b) The Himalayas.
(c) The Rockies.
(d) The Sierra Nevada.

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

3. What does Lakshmi describe all the houses having like the one in Gita's hut in "Train"?
(a) Glass suns.
(b) White doors.
(c) Tin roofs.
(d) Picket fences.

4. What kind of vendor calls out to sell his wares below Lakshmi's window in "What I Don't Do"?
(a) A popcorn vendor.
(b) An onion vendor.
(c) A peanut vendor.
(d) A roti vendor.

5. Who is the last person from Lakshmi's village that she sees as she leaves with Auntie in "A Trade"?
(a) Anita.
(b) Krishna.
(c) Stepfather.
(d) Ama.

6. What disability does Lakshmi describe her stepfather having in "The Difference Between a Son and a Daughter"?
(a) He has a lame arm.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He has a lame leg.
(d) He is deaf.

7. Who is Lakshmi's friend who has gone to work as a maid in the city to support her family?
(a) Nari.
(b) Bimla.
(c) Ama.
(d) Gita.

8. What is Auntie Mumtaz wearing when Lakshmi first meets her in "Ten Thousand Rupees"?
(a) A purple sari.
(b) A blue sari.
(c) A red sari.
(d) A white sari.

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

10. What does the name "Muthi" mean, according to the narrator in "Confession"?
(a) "Size of a handful."
(b) "Size of a potato."
(c) "Size of the sun."
(d) "Size of a mountain."

11. What is the name of the dark-skinned girl that is kind to Lakshmi when she arrives at Happiness House?
(a) Mumatz.
(b) Anita.
(c) Shahanna.
(d) Shilpa.

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

13. Who is the boy that Lakshmi says she is promised to marry in "Before Gita Left"?
(a) Bahun.
(b) Krishna.
(c) Nawari.
(d) Harish.

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

15. What kind of roof does Lakshmi's family have on their hut in the beginning of the novel?
(a) A shingled-roof.
(b) A tin roof.
(c) A thatch roof.
(d) A glass roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through how many villages does Lakshmi say she has traveled with Auntie in the beginning of "A New World"?

2. Until what age does Lakshmi's mother tell her to feed a son at her breast if she should have one in "Everything I Need to Know"?

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

4. How does Lakshmi describe the amount of money that the turnip-nosed man gives to Auntie in "Numbers"?

5. For how long have Auntie and Lakshmi been walking in the beginning of "Questions and Answers"?

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