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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. What is a game that Lakshmi and Samir often play?
(a) Hide and seek.
(b) Trading proverbs.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Tennis.

2. What does the bird, Madho Singh frequently say?
(a) Namaste! Bonjour! Welcome!
(b) I love you!
(c) Polly want a cracker!
(d) Silly Indira!

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 marbled orange fountain pen.
(c) A gold watch.
(d) A leather-bound notebook.

4. When admiring her new home’s mosaic floor, of whom does it remind Lakshmi?
(a) Parvati.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Hari.
(d) The pleasure women of Agra.

5. Nautch girls would conceal what within the henna design on their bodies?
(a) Their favorite flowers.
(b) Their flaws.
(c) Their pictures.
(d) Their names.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Kumar have for Samir?

2. How does Parvati respond to seeing Lakshmi coming out of Samir’s office?

3. In what city does Part One begin?

4. Who does Lakshmi realize is her “steadfast companion”?

5. What is the reason Lakshmi gives for why the Iyengar’s food was spicy?

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