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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 the moment in Part Three with Mrs. Sharma feel?
(a) Casual.
(b) Tiresome.
(c) Final.
(d) Usual.

2. What is the red-gold liquid Maharani Indira drinks?
(a) Syrup.
(b) Tea.
(c) Ink.
(d) Liquid opium.

3. To whose home does Radha run away after arguing with Lakshmi about her pregnancy?
(a) Malik.
(b) Kanta.
(c) Hari.
(d) Parvati.

4. Who does Maharani Indira hope is having a baby in Part Three?
(a) Latika.
(b) Lakshmi.
(c) Kanta.
(d) Parvati.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward the end of Part Three, Lakshmi laments the arrival of Radha in her life. What does she call her?

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

3. 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?

4. Why did Lakshmi need to visit her new home every other day?

5. What does Dr. Kumar call Radha’s baby, saying he will be good at batting and bowling on the cricket field?

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