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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mumtaz say she will do to Lakshmi if she tries to run away in "Changes"?
(a) Beat her with a metal rod.
(b) Drown her in the river.
(c) Rub hot chilies in her private parts.
(d) Hang her by her fingernails.

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

4. How much money does Shahanna say Mumtaz charges the girls for their daily rice and dal?
(a) 100 rupees.
(b) 20 rupees.
(c) 10 rupees.
(d) 80 rupees.

5. What is the name of Pushpa's baby girl?
(a) Sara.
(b) Jeena.
(c) Anita.
(d) Alana.

6. What does Anita say happened to the new girl that was brought to Lakshmi's previous room in "Everything I Need to Know Now"?
(a) She hung herself.
(b) She was starved to death.
(c) She drowned herself.
(d) She was beaten to death.

7. How much money does Mumtaz withhold from the girls' earnings at Happiness House for the monthly shot that the "dirty-hands doctor" gives them so they won't get pregnant?
(a) 100 rupees.
(b) 500 rupees.
(c) 200 rupees.
(d) 50 rupees.

8. What does Shahanna ask of Lakshmi when Lakshmi tells her about the American in "A Secret"?
(a) To take Shahanna with her.
(b) To go to the police.
(c) To never leave.
(d) To tell Shahanna's parents to come save her.

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

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

11. Who is the girl at Happiness House that gets the most customers?
(a) Shilpa.
(b) Shahanna.
(c) Monica.
(d) Anita.

12. To whom does Monica give the shoes that she once threw at her when she leaves Happiness House?
(a) Pushpa.
(b) Shahanna.
(c) Lakshmi.
(d) Anita.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the coughing woman that shares a room with Lakshmi at Happiness House?

2. What possessions does Pushpa put in Harish's trunk when they prepare to leave Happiness House in "A Word Too Small"?

3. When Shahanna is teaching Lakshmi tricks with her shawl in "Everything I Need to Know Now," what does she say to do in order to bring the shy men to her bed?

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

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

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