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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 color does Lakshmi describe her mother's skin as in "Something Beautiful"?

2. What item has Gita's older sister gained since Gita went to work as a maid in the city?

3. What does Mumtaz do to coerce Lakshmi into being with men after beating her for three days?

4. What does Auntie do to make Lakshmi keep walking ahead in "Moving Forward"?

5. Which of Lakshmi's cucumbers is shaped like a snake, according to the narrator in "Confession"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are the themes of corruption and gender inequality illustrated in Section 2 of the narrative?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is described in the vignette titled "Another Calendar"?

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

10. Describe the impact of Lakshmi's journey with Auntie on her perception of her surroundings and home. Why do you think Lakshmi is taken on this journey in the manner she is taken?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the narrative style of Sold. Is the narrator involved in the action of the story? Is the story related in past or present tense? Is the narrator’s perspective limited or omniscient? How does each of these choices affect the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of “Uncle Husband” in the novel. How is this character’s appearance described? What role does this character play in the human trafficking underworld? Why does he insist that Lakshmi call him both “Uncle” and “Husband”? What is the significance of these titles to Lakshmi? Does Lakshmi trust this character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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