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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapter Ten - Chapter Seventeen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is a profession viewed, in regards to women having professions in the novel?
(a) It is looked down up.
(b) It is honored.
(c) It is considered very prestigious.
(d) It is humorous.

2. What is the name for an Englishman or woman in Hindi?
(a) Fair-skinned.
(b) Anglais.
(c) Angrezi.
(d) Brit.

3. When does one say MemSahib?
(a) When addressing a female of an upper caste.
(b) When addressing a servant girl.
(c) When one is hungry.
(d) When one is angry.

4. Which of these is NOT a warning that Lakshmi gives Joyce Harris?
(a) The sachets may not work.
(b) She will be in a lot of pain.
(c) She will bleed and expel large clots of blood.
(d) She will regret her actions.

5. When Parvati arrives at Lakshmi's home, what does Malik politely demand of her?
(a) That she pay Lakshmi what she was owed.
(b) That she hold her tongue.
(c) That she leave.
(d) That she remove her shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a game that Lakshmi and Samir often play?

2. Who is quoted as saying, “An eye for any eye makes the whole world blind”?

3. What does Lakshmi want from Hari?

4. What plot dies Malik concoct to get Hari to stop asking Lakshmi for money?

5. What welcomed the bounties of Goddess Lakshmi? This is what Lakshmi created for the Sharma family.

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