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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. What had Lakshmi’s mother said was the cause of her silly ideas, such as the idea she could make her own decisions?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her intelligence.
(c) Western movies.
(d) Pitaji’s books.

2. Since what time had the pedestrian walkways of the old Pink City had become narrower, crowded as they were on both sides with tiny, makeshift shops, sometimes with nothing more than an old sari or canvas cloth tenting them?
(a) 1950.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) Parition.
(d) Colonization.

3. How does Lakshmi know that Ravi is the father of Radha's child?
(a) Radha tells her right away he is the father.
(b) Samir told Lakshmi he had seen Radah and Ravi together.
(c) As Radha starts to tell about the boy, she mentions that he apologized for what had happened at the holiday party.
(d) She has caught Radha with Ravi.

4. What does Hari do when he is lying?
(a) He coughs.
(b) He stutters.
(c) He looks off to the left.
(d) He covers the scar on his chin.

5. What makes Lakshmi think about Lala and her niece, as she is wandering the city?
(a) She sees a young girl, heavily made up, in a cheap orange sari and a swollen belly.
(b) She is thinking about Ravi and servant girls.
(c) She passes Lala in the streets.
(d) She is wondering who might make a good nanny for Radha's baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Ashoka lion represent?

2. What does Samir want from Lakshmi, after their affair?

3. What changed everything and changed nothing, according to Part One?

4. Of what has Lakshmi been accused by her ladies?

5. Lakshmi believes Parvati has gone to England for what reason?

(see the answer key)

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