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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapter Eighteen - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one reason why Radha likes “Othello” so much?
(a) It is Lakshmi's favorite play.
(b) It was her father’s favorite play.
(c) She has always wanted to be in this play.
(d) She loves everything by Shakespeare.

2. What never occurs to Lakshmi regarding Radha and the girls at the school?
(a) Radha would do so well in her studies.
(b) Radha would make fast friends at school.
(c) The more privileged girls will pick on Radha.
(d) Radha would not want to attend any other school.

3. What is the punishment given to a girl in Mrs. Channa’s class for talking to her friend?
(a) She is suspended.
(b) She has to write an apology to the teacher.
(c) She has to sit in the corner with a dunce cap on her head.
(d) She has to squat with her arms under her knees and pull on her ears. Like a rooster.

4. What is something Lakshmi does NOT say could be her own, could define her, instead of a house?
(a) Skill.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Connections.
(d) Talent.

5. Why was the touching of feet usually reserved for the lower caste?
(a) Feet are considered ugly.
(b) Feet are considered unclean.
(c) Feet are considered delicate.
(d) Feet are smelly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What of Lakshmi’s is tied to the accusations and rumors about her?

2. What was Hari’s mother’s response to Lakshmi taking the money and her herb pot?

3. When admiring her new home’s mosaic floor, of whom does it remind Lakshmi?

4. What is a namaste?

5. What happened to Kumar's parents?

(see the answer key)

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