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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of henna meant the woman was loved by her husband?
(a) Darker henna.
(b) Shinier henna.
(c) Lighter henna.
(d) Redder henna.

2. How is a profession viewed, in regards to women having professions in the novel?
(a) It is looked down up.
(b) It is considered very prestigious.
(c) It is humorous.
(d) It is honored.

3. What can readers assume is a tonga-walla?
(a) A bus driver.
(b) A yellow cab driver.
(c) The driver of a horse-drawn cart.
(d) A wagon.

4. What do saffron flowers represent?
(a) Strength.
(b) Virility.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Sterility.

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

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

7. What is the name of the poem in the epigraph?
(a) Journey On.
(b) Journey Home.
(c) Returning Home.
(d) Journey Forward.

8. Who is Mr. Pandey?
(a) Lakshmi's builder.
(b) Sheela Sharma’s music teacher and Lakshmi’s neighbor.
(c) Parvati's husband and Lakshmi's friend.
(d) Lakshmi's landlord.

9. What age range is Malik?
(a) 10-12 years old.
(b) 12-14 years old.
(c) 5-6 years old.
(d) 6-10 years old.

10. Why is Radha not allowed to go to the palace with Lakshmi?
(a) Lakshmi says she does not know Radha that well and cannot trust her.
(b) Only Lakshmi is given permission to go to the palace.
(c) She has to attend school.
(d) Radha has not bathed recently.

11. Lakshmi views Radha as her penance for what?
(a) The disgrace she brought upon her parents.
(b) Not going back to Agra to get her family.
(c) Not finishing school.
(d) Being attracted to Samir.

12. What book does Radah read aloud, in impressive English?
(a) Gulliver's Travels.
(b) Jane Eyre.
(c) Little Women.
(d) Wuthering Heights.

13. What do married women wear as a sign to all that they are married?
(a) A wedding ring.
(b) A wig.
(c) A sari.
(d) A bindi.

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

15. What does the Ashoka lion represent?
(a) Hindus.
(b) The French.
(c) The new Republic.
(d) The British.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lakshmi hand Samir, when she sees him after her appointment with Parvati in Part One?

2. Why is Ravi home from boarding school?

3. What is the most noticeable feature of Hari?

4. What features does Lakshmi have that are unique?

5. Samir convinces Gupta to pay Naraya to build toilets and says, "to a clerk a bribe; to a Brahmin" a what?

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