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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 Mumtaz offer to do to help Pushpa in "Beyond Words"?
(a) She offers to buy her infant daughter.
(b) She offers to sell Pushpa to a different brothel.
(c) She offers to buy her son from her.
(d) She offers to give Pushpa a loan.

2. What does Monica give to Laskhmi in "Instead of Haresh"?
(a) Lipstick.
(b) A rag doll.
(c) A mirror.
(d) A book.

3. What symbol is on the card that the American gives to Lakshmi in "A Strange Customer"?
(a) A peace sign.
(b) A circle.
(c) A star.
(d) A bird in flight.

4. Who has disappeared during the raid in "Raid"?
(a) Monica.
(b) Shahanna.
(c) Shilpa.
(d) Anita.

5. Whom does the tea vendor cheat out of her change if she's not paying attention, according to Lakshmi in "The Street Boy"?
(a) Ama.
(b) Lakshmi.
(c) Mumtaz.
(d) Shahanna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Nepali dirt described as in "A Handful of Fog"?

2. What is the name of the half-frowning girl at Happiness House?

3. What do the older boys call the David Beckham boy's mother when they taunt him in "No Ordinary Boy, After All"?

4. What caused the girl with the half-frowning face to look as she does?

5. What does Anita say happened to the new girl that was brought to Lakshmi's previous room in "Everything I Need to Know Now"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What financial figures does Lakshmi calculate regarding her income at Happiness House in "Mathematics"?

2. How does Lakshmi's relationship with Harish develop in Section 3?

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

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

5. How are the characters of Pushpa and Anita described when Lakshmi first meets them?

6. What is referred to in the title of "A Small Danger"? What does Lakshmi do with this danger?

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

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

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

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

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