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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. What act do women, in particular, do as a sign of respect in Indian culture?
(a) Kiss each other's cheeks.
(b) Hug.
(c) Kneel down.
(d) Pull their saris over their hair.

2. Despite her skepticism, Lakshmi has gained a little confidence in what, in regards to the safe delivery of the two babies?
(a) The gods.
(b) The birthing process.
(c) Hospitals.
(d) Doctors.

3. What is a chowkidar?
(a) A janitor.
(b) A taxi driver.
(c) A gardener.
(d) A gateman.

4. Which is NOT a reason that Lakshmi gives for wanting a home of her own?
(a) To have Western plumbing.
(b) To have a place to care for her elderly parents.
(c) To have a place of her own.
(d) To raise a family.

5. How does Radha speak to Lakshmi by Part Two of the story?
(a) She speaks to Lakshmi as an equal.
(b) She speaks very little to her, using short, curt responses.
(c) She speaks to Lakshmi as if she were her mother.
(d) She does not speak to Lakshmi at all.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Lakshmi imagine the letters from Kumar are from Radha?

3. Radha is known as what by the people of her village?

4. 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?

5. Lakshmi learns from her ladies that only a fool lives in water and remains an enemy of what?

(see the answer key)

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