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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When what Goddess comes to give you her blessing, you should not leave the room to wash your face?
(a) Goddess of Power.
(b) Goddess of Wealth.
(c) Goddess of Love.
(d) Goddess of Education.

2. Nautch girls would conceal what within the henna design on their bodies?
(a) Their flaws.
(b) Their favorite flowers.
(c) Their pictures.
(d) Their names.

3. Parvati’s husband owns what type of firm?
(a) Law.
(b) Architectural.
(c) Business.
(d) Governmental.

4. Parvati was born to which caste?
(a) Vaishya.
(b) Shudra.
(c) Brahmin.
(d) Kshatriya.

5. Who is quoted as saying, “An eye for any eye makes the whole world blind”?
(a) Jiji.
(b) Pitaji.
(c) Munchi-ji.
(d) Gandhi-ji.

6. What price was decided upon for Maharani Latika’s henna supplies?
(a) 900 rupees.
(b) 10,000 rupees.
(c) 9,000 rupees.
(d) 100 rupees.

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

8. Into what is the maharaja turning his palace?
(a) A temple.
(b) A museum.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A hotel.

9. Why is Sheela Sharma an unconventional match for Ravi Singh?
(a) She is very intelligent.
(b) She is from a different caste.
(c) She is poor.
(d) She is unattractive.

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

11. Radha is known as what by the people of her village?
(a) The Bad Luck Girl.
(b) The Light-Eyed Girl.
(c) The Sad Girl.
(d) The Smart Girl.

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

13. What upsets Parvati so much after the party?
(a) She has a fight with Samir.
(b) Radha is found covered in Ravi’s grease paint.
(c) Ravi makes a horrible Othello.
(d) Sheela does not sing very well.

14. What does Lakshmi want from Hari?
(a) A divorce.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) An apology.

15. Which of these is NOT a warning that Lakshmi gives Joyce Harris?
(a) She will regret her actions.
(b) The sachets may not work.
(c) She will be in a lot of pain.
(d) She will bleed and expel large clots of blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Pandey?

2. When Lakshmi first sees Samir Singh, how does she feel?

3. Who is the first character the reader meets?

4. What is the nickname that Malik calls Lakshmi?

5. What is a game that Lakshmi and Samir often play?

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