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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. Samir convinces Gupta to pay Naraya to build toilets and says, "to a clerk a bribe; to a Brahmin" a what?
(a) Gift.
(b) Meal.
(c) Sin.
(d) Bride.

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) Parition.
(c) Colonization.
(d) The Great Depression.

3. When does one say MemSahib?
(a) When one is angry.
(b) When one is hungry.
(c) When addressing a servant girl.
(d) When addressing a female of an upper caste.

4. What is the reason Lakshmi gives for why the Iyengar’s food was spicy?
(a) They were from the south.
(b) They were from Sri Lanka.
(c) They were from Bangladesh.
(d) They were from the north.

5. In the story of the goddess Lakshmi, what does the farmer give in return for a magic basket that produced food anytime he desires?
(a) His scythe.
(b) His broom.
(c) His loom.
(d) His donkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT a reason that Lakshmi gives for wanting a home of her own?

2. What age range is Malik?

3. What does the Ashoka lion represent?

4. Before the arrival of Lakshmi, what caste of women painted the hands and feet of Lakshmi’s clients?

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

(see the answer key)

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