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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. What is a daughter compared to in "The Difference Between a Son and a Daughter"?

2. What answer does Auntie give to the turnip-nosed man when he asks about Lakshmi in "Numbers"?

3. For how long have Auntie and Lakshmi been walking in the beginning of "Questions and Answers"?

4. What food does Uncle Husband get for Lakshmi during a stop on the train?

5. What does the bus do when it encounters a cow sleeping in the middle of the road in "On the Bus"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What custom does Lakshmi partake in when she begins menstruation in "First Blood"?

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

3. Why does Lakshmi describe her first experiences of her journey to be "inauspicious" in "An Inauspicious Start"?

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

5. How is irony employed as a significant literary device in Sections 1 and 2 of the novel?

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

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

8. Who is Lakshmi promised to marry when she comes of age? Why does she not marry this character?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss gender roles and expectations in Nepal. How do arranged marriages influence the way that men and women are perceived differently in this region? How do the gender roles of Nepal differ from those within your own society? What has shaped the perceptions of gender in Nepal?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting of Nepal in Sold. Where in Nepal does the protagonist live? What is the population of Nepal? What countries border it? How would you describe the geography of the region? What is the climate like?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of rape, violence, and slavery in Sold. How are these themes supported through imagery, symbolism, character, and setting? How did reading this book influence your perceptions of human trafficking and sexual slavery in today’s world?

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