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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 features does Lakshmi have that are unique?
(a) Jet black hair and dark round eyes.
(b) Long limbs and short hair.
(c) Blue eyes and fair skin.
(d) Petite features and curly hair.

2. Why is Joyce Harris’ life in danger?
(a) She is five months pregnant, rather than four.
(b) She is allergic to the sachets.
(c) She tells her husband what she had done.
(d) She does not follow Lakshmi's instructions correctly.

3. Parvati was born to which caste?
(a) Vaishya.
(b) Shudra.
(c) Brahmin.
(d) Kshatriya.

4. Who does Lakshmi realize is her “steadfast companion”?
(a) Work.
(b) Radha.
(c) Her religion.
(d) Malik.

5. 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) The Great Depression.
(b) 1950.
(c) Colonization.
(d) Parition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first character the reader meets?

2. In what city does the story begin?

3. What nickname does Kumar have for Samir?

4. What welcomed the bounties of Goddess Lakshmi? This is what Lakshmi created for the Sharma family.

5. What does the builder do to Malik, when Malik tries to pay him the 200 rupees Lakshmi gave him, rather than the full amount owed?

(see the answer key)

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