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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old is Lakshmi in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 14.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.
2. 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 Coca-Cola."
(b) "Nearly enough money to buy a water buffalo."
(c) "Nearly enough money to buy a car."
(d) "Nearly enough money to buy a tin roof."
3. What does the bus do when it encounters a cow sleeping in the middle of the road in "On the Bus"?
(a) It runs over her.
(b) It stops and waits.
(c) It honks.
(d) It goes around her.
4. How much money does Lakshmi's stepfather ask for Lakshmi when he sells her at Bajai Sita's store in "A Trade"?
(a) 850 rupees.
(b) 2,000 rupees.
(c) 500 rupees.
(d) 1,000 rupees.
5. What disability does Lakshmi describe her stepfather having in "The Difference Between a Son and a Daughter"?
(a) He is deaf.
(b) He has a lame arm.
(c) He is blind.
(d) He has a lame leg.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the boy that Lakshmi says she is promised to marry in "Before Gita Left"?
2. What color does Lakshmi describe the huts of her village in "Something Beautiful"?
3. How many villages has Lakshmi walked through with Auntie in the beginning of "Questions and Answers"?
4. What is the occupation of the boy that Lakshmi is promised to marry in "Before Gita Left"?
5. What name does the turnip-nosed man refer to Auntie as in "Uncle Husband"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is described in the vignette titled "Another Calendar"?
2. How do Lakshmi's impressions of Auntie change in "Questions and Answers"?
3. How does Lakshmi describe her journey in "A New World"?
4. Who is Gita? What is Lakshmi's relationship with Gita in the narrative?
5. What are the names that Lakshmi has given to her cucumbers in "Confession"?
6. What are the instructions for womanhood that Ama relates to Lakshmi in "Everything I Need to Know"?
7. What is symbolized and foreshadowed by the woman who has been publicly shamed when Lakshmi gets off the train in India?
8. What possessions does Lakshmi describe in "What I Carry"?
9. Who is Lakshmi promised to marry when she comes of age? Why does she not marry this character?
10. How is the economy of Lakshmi's village described in "Calendar"?
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