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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Sheela does not sing very well.
(d) Ravi makes a horrible Othello.

2. Who tells Radha she should leave her village?
(a) Hari.
(b) Pitaji.
(c) Maa.
(d) Munchi.

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

4. How does Laskhmi describe her own concern for Radha and Radha’s exposure to Western culture?
(a) Very mild.
(b) Far too modern.
(c) Far too Victorian.
(d) Like that of a mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are those who spread false information called in the book?

2. Radha is known as what by the people of her village?

3. In the story of the goddess Lakshmi, what does the farmer give in return for a magic basket that produced food anytime he desires?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the women of the upper caste choose Lakshmi over the women of the Shudra caste?

2. Why has shame befallen Lakshmi’s and Radha’s family, based on information given in the Prologue?

3. How did the end of the Singh’s party end in trouble for Lakshmi?

4. What is Parvati's reaction regarding Lala's niece and Lala's pleas?

5. Why are children so important to Indian men?

6. Why does Lakshmi feel pressure regarding Kanta, as a client?

7. Why do Indian parents hurry to marry off their children?

8. How is Lakshmi a fallen woman in the eyes of her ladies?

9. What did Munchi give Radha? Why was it so special to her?

10. What deal does Parvati offer Lakshmi regarding the match between Ravi and Sheela?

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