2. What color does Lakshmi describe her mother's skin as in "Something Beautiful"?
(a) Cinnamon.
(b) Ebony.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Nut-colored.

3. In what type of vehicle do Lakshmi and Uncle Husband travel in "Crossing the Border"?
(a) A truck.
(b) A train.
(c) A bus.
(d) A rickshaw.

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

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

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

7. 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 tin-smith.
(c) He is a goatherd.
(d) He is a tea peddler.

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

9. What does Mumtaz do to coerce Lakshmi into being with men after beating her for three days?
(a) She cuts her.
(b) She starves her.
(c) She threatens to kill her mother.
(d) She beats another girl.

10. Lakshmi says in Section 1 that her stepfather looks at her the same way he looks at what vegetables growing in front of their hut?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Peas.
(c) Peppers.
(d) Cucumbers.

11. What name has Lakshmi given to the cucumber that she refers to as "the gnarled grandmother of the group" in "Confession"?
(a) Anita.
(b) Ananta.
(c) Pushpa.
(d) Bajai.

12. How does Lakshmi describe the amount of money that the turnip-nosed man gives to Auntie in "Numbers"?
(a) "Nearly enough money to buy a tin roof."
(b) "Nearly enough money to buy a water buffalo."
(c) "Nearly enough money to buy a Coca-Cola."
(d) "Nearly enough money to buy a car."

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

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

15. Which of Lakshmi's cucumbers is shaped like a snake, according to the narrator in "Confession"?
(a) Yeti.
(b) Vishnu.
(c) Muthi.
(d) Ananta.