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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 does Shahanna ask of Lakshmi when Lakshmi tells her about the American in "A Secret"?

2. What does the tea vendor gain in exchange for putting extra sugar in the cook's tea at Happiness House?

3. What are the two languages spoken at Happiness House, according to Harish?

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

5. What do the older boys call the David Beckham boy's mother when they taunt him in "No Ordinary Boy, After All"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lakshmi's relationship with Harish develop in Section 3?

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

3. How is Lakshmi's encounter with her first American customer described in Section 4?

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

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

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

7. Why does Monica return to Happiness House? What does she relate of her experiences while she was gone?

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

9. How is Western culture presented in Section 3? How do the characters in the story perceive Western culture?

10. Why is Lakshmi relocated to a different room at Happiness House in "Changes"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of India and the cultural standards for men and women in the country. What rights do women have in India? How do the rights of men and women differ in India? How do culture and custom dictate women’s roles across India?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the realities of the child sex slave trade in India and worldwide. How many children are estimated to be involved in India’s sex trade? How many of these children are involved against their will? What is the draw for customers in India (and other nations) to have sexual relations with children, particularly virgins?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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