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

2. What is Sheela Sharma’s very difficult demand, if she is to marry Ravi?
(a) She does not want to take his name.
(b) She does not want to wear a bindi.
(c) She does not want to live with her in-laws.
(d) She does not want to have children.

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

4. What movie is the inspiration for Radha’s dress for the ceremony?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Some Like It Hot.
(c) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. 55.

5. What was Hari’s mother’s response to Lakshmi taking the money and her herb pot?
(a) Hai Ram!
(b) Shabash.
(c) Namaste.
(d) Shalom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lakshmi want from Hari?

2. What type of women did Samir prefer as lovers?

3. Why did the elder Mrs. Harris stay on in India after her husband died?

4. What never occurs to Lakshmi regarding Radha and the girls at the school?

5. Why is it not surprising that Malik suggests a move-in ceremony?

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