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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 does the author describe word of Lakshmi’s visit to the palace?
(a) Word of her palace visit spread like the plague.
(b) Word of her palace visit spread like ghee on a hot chapatti.
(c) Word of her palace visit spread like hotcakes.
(d) Word of her palace visit spread like wildfire.

2. What nickname does Kumar have for Samir?
(a) Mir.
(b) Sammy.
(c) Singh.
(d) Sampson.

3. What is a chowkidar?
(a) A taxi driver.
(b) A gateman.
(c) A gardener.
(d) A janitor.

4. What is the name of the poem in the epigraph?
(a) Journey Home.
(b) Journey Forward.
(c) Journey On.
(d) Returning Home.

5. Who is Mr. Pandey?
(a) Parvati's husband and Lakshmi's friend.
(b) Lakshmi's landlord.
(c) Lakshmi's builder.
(d) Sheela Sharma’s music teacher and Lakshmi’s neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When admiring her new home’s mosaic floor, of whom does it remind Lakshmi?

2. What age range is Malik?

3. What does Lakshmi want from Hari?

4. Radha is known as what by the people of her village?

5. What can readers assume is a tonga-walla?

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