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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter Seven - Chapter Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which is NOT a reason that Lakshmi gives for wanting a home of her own?
(a) To have a place of her own.
(b) To have Western plumbing.
(c) To raise a family.
(d) To have a place to care for her elderly parents.

3. What gift does Lakshmi give Radha in which Radha's response is that she will worry she will lose it and get in trouble?
(a) Gold bracelets.
(b) A leather-bound notebook.
(c) A marbled orange fountain pen.
(d) A gold watch.

4. What is the punishment given to a girl in Mrs. Channa’s class for talking to her friend?
(a) She has to squat with her arms under her knees and pull on her ears. Like a rooster.
(b) She has to write an apology to the teacher.
(c) She has to sit in the corner with a dunce cap on her head.
(d) She is suspended.

5. When Lakshmi first sees Samir Singh, how does she feel?
(a) She feels ill.
(b) She is frustrated.
(c) She feels uncomfortable.
(d) Her world is suddenly lighter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What upsets Parvati so much after the party?

2. What is the name of the poem in the epigraph?

3. Why is Maharani Latika depressed?

4. Why does Lakshmi go to Samir for a loan?

5. How does Laskhmi describe her own concern for Radha and Radha’s exposure to Western culture?

(see the answer key)

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