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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, where did most families live during British rule?
(a) Outside the old Pink City.
(b) Inside the old Pink City.
(c) In large compounds.
(d) In the suburbs.

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

3. When admiring her new home’s mosaic floor, of whom does it remind Lakshmi?
(a) Hari.
(b) Parvati.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The pleasure women of Agra.

4. What is the most noticeable feature of Hari?
(a) A long, bumpy scar from his bottom lip to his chin.
(b) His long, dark hair.
(c) His short stature.
(d) A mole on his cheek.

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

6. How old is Radha at the start of the book?
(a) 13 years old.
(b) 10 years old.
(c) 30 years old.
(d) 15 years old.

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

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

9. What nickname does Kumar have for Samir?
(a) Singh.
(b) Mir.
(c) Sampson.
(d) Sammy.

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

11. In the story of the goddess Lakshmi, what does the farmer give in return for a magic basket that produced food anytime he desires?
(a) His donkey.
(b) His broom.
(c) His loom.
(d) His scythe.

12. What does Hari call Radha the first time he sees her?
(a) Maa.
(b) Parvati.
(c) Lakshmi.
(d) Ganesh.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Pandey?

2. What can readers assume is a tonga-walla?

3. What does Lakshmi want from Hari?

4. Lakshmi learns from her ladies that only a fool lives in water and remains an enemy of what?

5. When does one say MemSahib?

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