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

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

3. What is the name of the half-frowning girl at Happiness House?
(a) Shilpa.
(b) Pushpa.
(c) Anita.
(d) Shahanna.

4. What is described as the "most important button" in "Remote Control"?
(a) The mute button.
(b) The red button.
(c) The volume button.
(d) The channel button.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who informs Lakshmi that Monica is gone in "No Remedy"?

2. 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?

3. Whom does the tea vendor give tea to even if she doesn't have money until the next day, according to the narrator in "The Street Boy"?

4. What does Monica say her family told her daughter about her in "The Living Dead"?

5. Who runs from the room sobbing as Pushpa prepares to leave Happiness House in "A Word Too Small"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Lakshmi has been starved and given no water for five days at Happiness House?

2. Why does Monica return to Happiness House? What does she relate of her experiences while she was gone?

3. What does Lakshmi experience when she first leaves the locked room at Happiness House?

4. How has Lakshmi's self-image changed in Section 4? How does she compare herself to the other girls at Happiness House?

5. What gifts do Lakshmi and Harish exchange during the Festival of Brothers and Sisters?

6. What deal does Mumtaz make with Pushpa in Section 4? What becomes of Pushpa?

7. How is Western culture presented in Section 3? How do the characters in the story perceive Western culture?

8. How does Lakshmi describe her perceptions of herself in "Am I Pretty?"

9. What causes Lakshmi to become injured in her first days at Happiness House?

10. How is Lakshmi's new room described in "In My New Room"? With whom does she share the room?

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