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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 is the purpose of the rituals of the move-in ceremony?
(a) Protect the neighborhood from the new home and its residents.
(b) Demonstrate to others how religious you are.
(c) Feed the gods and ask them to watch over the house and protect them from evil intentions.
(d) Show off for the neighbors.

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

3. What does Hari do when he is lying?
(a) He looks off to the left.
(b) He stutters.
(c) He covers the scar on his chin.
(d) He coughs.

4. What is the nickname that Malik calls Lakshmi?
(a) Maa-Boss.
(b) Auntie-Boss.
(c) Boss-Lady.
(d) Mrs. Shastri.

5. What does Lakshmi hand Samir, when she sees him after her appointment with Parvati in Part One?
(a) 300 rupees.
(b) Three muslin sachets.
(c) A cup of tea.
(d) His sandals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ravi home from boarding school?

2. Which of these is NOT a warning that Lakshmi gives Joyce Harris?

3. Lakshmi feels she is taking what way out, instead of confronting Parvati in person?

4. When will Ravi be allowed to marry?

5. Of what has Lakshmi been accused by her ladies?

(see the answer key)

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