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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 much money does Shahanna say Mumtaz charges the girls for their daily rice and dal?

2. What does Monica say her family told her daughter about her in "The Living Dead"?

3. What is Shahanna doing when the raid occurs in "Raid"?

4. What does Lakshmi see Mumtaz doing with the policeman in "Police"?

5. What does the boy in the David Beckham t-shirt grab and run off with as the girls put on their makeup in "Meeting the David Beckham Boy"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lakshmi experience when she first leaves the locked room at Happiness House?

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

4. How has Lakshmi's self-image changed in Section 4? How does she compare herself to the other girls at Happiness House?

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

6. What is referred to in the title of "A Small Danger"? What does Lakshmi do with this danger?

7. What gifts do Lakshmi and Harish exchange during the Festival of Brothers and Sisters?

8. How are the characters of Pushpa and Anita described when Lakshmi first meets them?

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

10. What deal does Mumtaz make with Pushpa in Section 4? What becomes of Pushpa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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