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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 Lakshmi give to Harish for the festival of brothers and sisters?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A rag doll.
(c) A notebook.
(d) A bundle of clothes.

2. How much money does Harish say they pay children per week to break stones at the roadside in "A Word Too Small"?
(a) 10 rupees.
(b) 100 rupees.
(c) 200 rupees.
(d) 50 rupees.

3. How old is the boy who wears the David Beckham t-shirt?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

4. Where is Mumtaz when the raid occurs in "Raid"?
(a) Being fitted for a new sari.
(b) At the grocery store.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) At the police station.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Pushpa's baby girl?

2. What does Harish give to Lakshmi for the festival of brothers and sisters?

3. What does Lakshmi respond when Harish asks her each day, "How are you today?"

4. What does Lakshmi describe "Stealing from the David Beckham Boy" in the chapter with this title?

5. What is the name of the girl that Lakshmi describes as "the aging bird girl" at Happiness House?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harish describe Americans to Lakshmi in "A Strange Vocabulary"?

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

3. How does Monica describe her "accomplishments" at Happiness House in "Understanding Monica"?

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

5. Why is Lakshmi relocated to a different room at Happiness House in "Changes"?

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

7. How is Lakshmi's situation explained to her by Shahanna in "Everything I Need to Know Now"?

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

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

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

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