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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 does Lakshmi describe the amount of money that the turnip-nosed man gives to Auntie in "Numbers"?

2. What does Lakshmi's mother do as she serves her husband dinner each night in "Something Beautiful"?

3. Who is the boy that Lakshmi says she is promised to marry in "Before Gita Left"?

4. What does Lakshmi describe brushing her teeth with in "The New Student"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does a tin roof symbolize for Lakshmi in the novel?

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

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

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

10. How is Lakshmi punished when she bites the old man in "The Old Man"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Lakshmi’s stepfather in the narrative. Why does Lakshmi’s stepfather not work in the factories like the other men his age? How long has Ama been married to Lakshmi’s stepfather? Why is Lakshmi’s stepfather a hindrance to the family financially?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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