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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 the occupation of the boy that Lakshmi is promised to marry in "Before Gita Left"?

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

3. Through how many villages does Lakshmi say she has traveled with Auntie in the beginning of "A New World"?

4. What type of agriculture is grown around Lakshmi's village?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is the economy of Lakshmi's village described in "Calendar"?

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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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