View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 twig from a neem tree.
(d) A toothbrush.

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

3. What question is Lakshmi asked by the border guard in "Crossing the Border"?
(a) "Is this man your father?"
(b) "Is this man your husband?"
(c) "Where is your father?"
(d) "How old are you?"

4. What does Lakshmi describe all the houses having like the one in Gita's hut in "Train"?
(a) Tin roofs.
(b) White doors.
(c) Glass suns.
(d) Picket fences.

5. What does Lakshmi describe on the posters in "In This Room"?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Monsters and ghosts.
(c) Mammals and birds.
(d) Gods and movie stars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the occupation of the boy that Lakshmi is promised to marry in "Before Gita Left"?

3. What is the name of the dark-skinned girl that is kind to Lakshmi when she arrives at Happiness House?

4. What does Lakshmi's mother do as she serves her husband dinner each night in "Something Beautiful"?

5. How many villages has Lakshmi walked through with Auntie in the beginning of "Questions and Answers"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place in "A Trade"? What is the amount of money that is settled upon?

2. Who is described in "The New Student"? What is Lakshmi's relationship with this character?

3. How is irony employed as a significant literary device in Sections 1 and 2 of the novel?

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

5. How does Lakshmi describe her journey in "A New World"?

6. Who is Gita? What is Lakshmi's relationship with Gita in the narrative?

7. Why does Lakshmi describe her first experiences of her journey to be "inauspicious" in "An Inauspicious Start"?

8. How is the economy of Lakshmi's village described in "Calendar"?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 969 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample