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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a namaste?
(a) An insult.
(b) The bringing one’s hands together in a prayer-like position.
(c) A yoga pose in which you balance on one foot.
(d) An Indian delicacy.

2. Samir convinces Gupta to pay Naraya to build toilets and says, "to a clerk a bribe; to a Brahmin" a what?
(a) Meal.
(b) Gift.
(c) Sin.
(d) Bride.

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

4. What animal represents Lord Ganesh?
(a) A crocodile.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A snake.
(d) A horse.

5. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1955.

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

7. Why is Ravi home from boarding school?
(a) Ravi has failed in his studies.
(b) Parvati wants him to pick out a bride.
(c) Ravi is home on summer vacation.
(d) Parvati wants him to help with the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new gymkhana.

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

9. Why did the elder Mrs. Harris stay on in India after her husband died?
(a) She was too nervous to travel all the way back to Britain.
(b) Her daughter-in-law was pregnant, and she did not want to leave her alone.
(c) She could not live well in England on her deceased husband’s pension.
(d) She had fallen in love with the country and its people.

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

11. At the henna party for the girls, how does Sheela make fun of Neeta?
(a) She makes fun of Neeta's mother.
(b) She makes fun of Neeta's singing.
(c) She makes fun of Neeta's nose.
(d) She makes fun of Neeta's dancing.

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

13. Before the arrival of Lakshmi, what caste of women painted the hands and feet of Lakshmi’s clients?
(a) Shudra.
(b) Kshatriya.
(c) Brahmin.
(d) Vaishya.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hari call Radha the first time he sees her?

2. What is the most noticeable feature of Hari?

3. What does the builder do to Malik, when Malik tries to pay him the 200 rupees Lakshmi gave him, rather than the full amount owed?

4. Who was Parvati Singh’s longest-serving help and nanny to her sons?

5. What is one reason why Radha likes “Othello” so much?

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