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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What television show is the favorite of the girls at Happiness House?
(a) One Life to Live.
(b) Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
(c) The Bold and the Beautiful.
(d) Jeopardy.

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

3. What does Monica say her father needs when she returns to Happiness House in "The Living Dead"?
(a) A new hut.
(b) A new cane.
(c) A new roof.
(d) A new pair of spectacles.

4. What number is on the boy's David Beckham shirt?
(a) 12.
(b) 23.
(c) 59.
(d) 16.

5. What brought Pushpa to Happiness House?
(a) Her husband sold her into slavery.
(b) The death of her husband.
(c) The death of her mother.
(d) Her father sold her into slavery.

6. How many days does Lakshmi say it has been since the hugging man came in "Still Not Counting"?
(a) 30.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

7. What color dress is the new girl wearing in "New Girl"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

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

9. What does Shahanna tell Lakshmi to do with her shawl when she must bring a dirty man to her bed?
(a) Press the shawl to her nose.
(b) Press the shawl to her armpits.
(c) Press the shawl against his groin.
(d) Wave the shawl in the air.

10. What words does Harish teach to Lakshmi in "Sorry"?
(a) "Yes" and "sorry."
(b) "Tomorrow" and "sorry."
(c) "Marbles" and "sorry."
(d) "No" and "sorry."

11. What does the boy in the David Beckham t-shirt grab and run off with as the girls put on their makeup in "Meeting the David Beckham Boy"?
(a) An apple.
(b) A paper kite.
(c) A cup of tea.
(d) A Coca-Cola.

12. Who informs Lakshmi that Monica is gone in "No Remedy"?
(a) Anita.
(b) Mumatz.
(c) Shilpa.
(d) Ama.

13. Who has disappeared during the raid in "Raid"?
(a) Shilpa.
(b) Monica.
(c) Anita.
(d) Shahanna.

14. How much money does Lakshmi discover her customers are paying for her in "The Customers"?
(a) 50 rupees.
(b) 30 rupees.
(c) 100 rupees.
(d) 20 rupees.

15. Where does the David Beckham boy keep his belongings?
(a) In a leather sack under his bed.
(b) In a tin trunk under his bed.
(c) In a duffel bag in the corner.
(d) In a locker at school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings Lakshmi rice when she is brought to live with the other girls in "What is Normal"?

2. Whose shoulder does Lakshmi rest her head on as she watches television in "Like Anita"?

3. How much money does Shahanna say Mumtaz charges the girls for their daily rice and dal?

4. How much money does Harish say they pay children per week to break stones at the roadside in "A Word Too Small"?

5. What does Shahanna ask of Lakshmi when Lakshmi tells her about the American in "A Secret"?

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