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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many villages has Lakshmi walked through with Auntie in the beginning of "Questions and Answers"?

2. What game does Lakshmi describe playing with Gita in "Before Gita Left"?

3. What name does the turnip-nosed man refer to Auntie as in "Uncle Husband"?

4. Where does Lakshmi go for her period of confinement after her first menstruation?

5. Until what age does Lakshmi's mother tell her to feed a son at her breast if she should have one in "Everything I Need to Know"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the names that Lakshmi has given to her cucumbers in "Confession"?

2. Who is described in "The New Student"? What is Lakshmi's relationship with this character?

3. What possessions does Lakshmi describe in "What I Carry"?

4. What are the instructions for womanhood that Ama relates to Lakshmi in "Everything I Need to Know"?

5. What takes place in "A Trade"? What is the amount of money that is settled upon?

6. How do Lakshmi's impressions of Auntie change in "Questions and Answers"?

7. Who is Gita? What is Lakshmi's relationship with Gita in the narrative?

8. How does Lakshmi describe her village's religious beliefs in "Something Beautiful"?

9. How does Lakshmi describe her journey in "A New World"?

10. What is symbolized and foreshadowed by the woman who has been publicly shamed when Lakshmi gets off the train in India?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author’s use of dramatic irony in the first sections of Sold. How does the employment of dramatic irony develop suspense for the reader? What other forms of irony are employed in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Lakshmi’s journey from her home village to Happiness House. Where does Lakshmi go? How does she travel? What are her perceptions of the new worlds she encounters after leaving her home?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of sexism, disgrace, and humiliation in Sold. What are Lakshmi’s impressions when she observes the woman whose head has been publicly shamed upon arriving in India? How much do you think culture and religion play a role in gender equality in the narrative?

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