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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. When Shahanna is teaching Lakshmi tricks with her shawl in "Everything I Need to Know Now," what does she say to do in order to bring the shy men to her bed?
(a) Wrap the shawl tightly around her shoulders.
(b) Throw the shawl at the customer.
(c) Wrap the shawl around her feet.
(d) Flick the ends of her shawl in a come-hither gesture.

2. What does Lakshmi respond when Harish asks her each day, "How are you today?"
(a) "I don't know."
(b) "Fine, thank you. And you?"
(c) "I am Lakshmi and I am well."
(d) "How are you?"

3. What color dress is the new girl wearing in "New Girl"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

4. 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"?
(a) Shahanna.
(b) Monica.
(c) Mumatz.
(d) Anita.

5. What does Lakshmi describe the smell of cooking onions representing to her in "A Secret"?
(a) The time for men to begin arriving at Happiness House.
(b) The time for sleeping.
(c) The time for The Bold and the Beautiful to come on television.
(d) The time for payments to Mumatz.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. To whom does Monica give the shoes that she once threw at her when she leaves Happiness House?

5. What possessions does Pushpa put in Harish's trunk when they prepare to leave Happiness House in "A Word Too Small"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Shahanna respond when Lakshmi tells her about her encounter with the American?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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