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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter One - Chapter Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What welcomed the bounties of Goddess Lakshmi? This is what Lakshmi created for the Sharma family.
(a) A banquet.
(b) A mandala.
(c) Textiles.
(d) Henna.

2. At the henna party for the girls, how does Sheela make fun of Neeta?
(a) She makes fun of Neeta's nose.
(b) She makes fun of Neeta's mother.
(c) She makes fun of Neeta's singing.
(d) She makes fun of Neeta's dancing.

3. How does Radha react when Sheela does not want Malik to help them with a design for the Sharma party?
(a) She feels a bit sorry for Malik.
(b) She ignores Sheela.
(c) She becomes very upset and almost throws rocks at Sheela.
(d) She feels relief that Malik will not be helping them.

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

5. What can readers assume is a tonga-walla?
(a) A wagon.
(b) The driver of a horse-drawn cart.
(c) A bus driver.
(d) A yellow cab driver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is NOT a warning that Lakshmi gives Joyce Harris?

2. In what city does Part One begin?

3. What is the name for an Englishman or woman in Hindi?

4. Who was Parvati Singh’s longest-serving help and nanny to her sons?

5. What does Hari call Radha the first time he sees her?

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