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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. Why is Maharani Latika depressed?
(a) Her eight-year-old son has been sent away to school, and she is not allowed to see him.
(b) She has recently miscarried.
(c) She has recently left her family and moved to the palace.
(d) Her husband has left her.

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

3. Before the arrival of Lakshmi, what caste of women painted the hands and feet of Lakshmi’s clients?
(a) Vaishya.
(b) Kshatriya.
(c) Brahmin.
(d) Shudra.

4. How does Laskhmi describe her own concern for Radha and Radha’s exposure to Western culture?
(a) Far too Victorian.
(b) Far too modern.
(c) Very mild.
(d) Like that of a mother.

5. What happened to Kumar's parents?
(a) They gave him up for adoption.
(b) They died of small pox.
(c) They died in a car accident.
(d) They deserted him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hari not tell Lakshmi before why he wanted money from her?

2. What does Lakshmi learn about the benefits of cotton root bark?

3. What do married women wear as a sign to all that they are married?

4. Radha shows an unusual ability to grasp what concepts?

5. What price was decided upon for Maharani Latika’s henna supplies?

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