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

2. What has been left on a table for Lakshmi when she awakens in "One of Them"?
(a) A glass of water.
(b) A feminine cleansing product.
(c) A pornographic magazine.
(d) Soap.

3. In "Don't Cross the Cook," Lakshmi says she learned a new Hindi phrase today which is "Don't cross the cook or she will" do what?
(a) "Wash her hands."
(b) "Burn your dinner."
(c) "Stop feeding you."
(d) "Spit in your soup."

4. What food does Monica say her daughter hates in "Understanding Monica"?
(a) Yogurt.
(b) Rice.
(c) Mango.
(d) Porridge.

5. What does Monica say her family told her daughter about her in "The Living Dead"?
(a) That she remarried.
(b) That she didn't want her.
(c) That she is dead.
(d) That she went to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What does Harish give to Lakshmi before leaving in "A Word Too Small"?

3. What words does Harish teach to Lakshmi in "Sorry"?

4. What does Monica leave for Lakshmi when she leaves Happiness House?

5. What television show is the favorite of the girls at Happiness House?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are children perceived at Happiness House? How many of the prostitutes have children?

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

3. How does Lakshmi describe her feelings regarding Pushpa's son in "An Ordinary Boy"?

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

5. How do the girls at Happiness House react to Shahanna's disappearance in Section 4?

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

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

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

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

10. How is Lakshmi's encounter with her first American customer described in Section 4?

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