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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 old is the boy who wears the David Beckham t-shirt?

2. Where does Lakshmi hide the American's card in "A Small Danger"?

3. Who runs from the room sobbing as Pushpa prepares to leave Happiness House in "A Word Too Small"?

4. Who brings Lakshmi rice when she is brought to live with the other girls in "What is Normal"?

5. Who is the girl at Happiness House that gets the most customers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Monica describe her "accomplishments" at Happiness House in "Understanding Monica"?

2. How is Lakshmi's situation explained to her by Shahanna in "Everything I Need to Know Now"?

3. What happens after Lakshmi has been starved and given no water for five days at Happiness House?

4. How does Lakshmi describe her perceptions of herself in "Am I Pretty?"

5. How are children perceived at Happiness House? How many of the prostitutes have children?

6. What causes Lakshmi to become injured in her first days at Happiness House?

7. What financial figures does Lakshmi calculate regarding her income at Happiness House in "Mathematics"?

8. What are the repercussions when Lakshmi becomes ill in "The Cost of a Cure"?

9. How do the girls at Happiness House react to Shahanna's disappearance in Section 4?

10. How is Lakshmi's new room described in "In My New Room"? With whom does she share the room?

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

Analyze and discuss the character of Mumtaz in Sold. What role does Mumtaz play in the underground human trafficking market? How does Mumtaz establish control over the girls that she “owns” at Happiness House? How does Mumtaz avoid arrest?

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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