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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 much money does Lakshmi's stepfather ask for Lakshmi when he sells her at Bajai Sita's store in "A Trade"?
(a) 500 rupees.
(b) 850 rupees.
(c) 1,000 rupees.
(d) 2,000 rupees.

2. What does Lakshmi describe brushing her teeth with in "The New Student"?
(a) A twig from a birch tree.
(b) A twig from a willow tree.
(c) A toothbrush.
(d) A twig from a neem tree.

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

4. What are "the carts with chicken and sheep in the back" called, according to Lakshmi in "On the Bus"?
(a) Lorries.
(b) Trains.
(c) Trucks.
(d) Ox-carts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Seeing a Girl with a Long Black Braid," the narrator says, "There are a thousand girls in the city. But so far, none of them is" whom?

2. What does Lakshmi describe rubbing for good luck in "Before Gita Left"?

3. What item does Lakshmi describe Gita's mother having purchased after Gita went to work as a maid in the city?

4. In "Announcing the Dry Season," the narrator says, "The wind that blows up from the plains is called" what?

5. What item does Lakshmi describe Gita's father having purchased since Gita went to work as a maid in the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the names that Lakshmi has given to her cucumbers in "Confession"?

2. What are sons and daughters compared to in "The Difference between a Son and a Daughter"?

3. What is described in the vignette titled "Another Calendar"?

4. What is symbolized and foreshadowed by the woman who has been publicly shamed when Lakshmi gets off the train in India?

5. How are the themes of corruption and gender inequality illustrated in Section 2 of the narrative?

6. What possessions does Lakshmi describe in "What I Carry"?

7. What does a tin roof symbolize for Lakshmi in the novel?

8. How is Lakshmi's family described in "A Tin Roof"? With whom does Lakshmi live?

9. How does Lakshmi come to Happiness House? What is the reality of Lakshmi's situation when she arrives?

10. What are the instructions for womanhood that Ama relates to Lakshmi in "Everything I Need to Know"?

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