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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapter Ten - Chapter Seventeen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lakshmi confirm that Radha is her sister?
(a) Radha is able to complete the nursery rhyme their father had made up and sung to them.
(b) Radha shows Lakshmi her birth certificate.
(c) Radha recites part of Othello.
(d) Radha does a traditional Indian dance.

2. Radha is known as what by the people of her village?
(a) The Smart Girl.
(b) The Sad Girl.
(c) The Bad Luck Girl.
(d) The Light-Eyed Girl.

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

4. Why was Kanta able to do graduate studies in England?
(a) Her family never prized their daughters and never considered them the lesser gender.
(b) She begged her parents to let her further her studies.
(c) Her family was abroad, while she was in school.
(d) Kanta is originally from England.

5. What type of women did Samir prefer as lovers?
(a) Childless widows.
(b) White women.
(c) Married women.
(d) Prostitutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Samir want from Lakshmi, after their affair?

2. Despite her skepticism, Lakshmi has gained a little confidence in what, in regards to the safe delivery of the two babies?

3. The monsoon rains, which come in early September, usually bring with them what feeling for Lakshmi?

4. Who is quoted as saying, “An eye for any eye makes the whole world blind”?

5. How does Samir always make Lakshmi feel?

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