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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapter Eighteen - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lakshmi feel about missing Radha, while Radha is in Shimla?
(a) Angry.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Sad.
(d) Surprised.

2. Why does Lakshmi so badly want Radha to go to the Maharani School?
(a) So Lakshmi can be independent again.
(b) So she can have a meaningful life.
(c) So she can become wealthy.
(d) So she can move up to a higher caste.

3. How does Lakshmi confirm that Radha is her sister?
(a) Radha recites part of Othello.
(b) Radha is able to complete the nursery rhyme their father had made up and sung to them.
(c) Radha shows Lakshmi her birth certificate.
(d) Radha does a traditional Indian dance.

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

5. Why has Kanta’s doctor advised her to remain lying prone for the remainder of her pregnancy?
(a) She has high blood pressure.
(b) She gets dizzy spells, when she stands up.
(c) She is spotting blood.
(d) She has placenta previa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lakshmi want from Hari?

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

4. What had Lakshmi’s mother said was the cause of her silly ideas, such as the idea she could make her own decisions?

5. What book does Radah read aloud, in impressive English?

(see the answer key)

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