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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 welcomed the bounties of Goddess Lakshmi? This is what Lakshmi created for the Sharma family.
(a) Henna.
(b) A banquet.
(c) Textiles.
(d) A mandala.

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animal represents Lord Ganesh?

3. What features does Lakshmi have that are unique?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the match between Sheela and Ravi so important to Lakshmi?

2. Describe Sheela Sharma and Ravi Singh. How are they alike? What evidence from the story supports this?

3. What did English tea sets such as Parvati’s signify, both before and after independence?

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

5. What are some etiquette lessons that Lakshmi is trying to teach Radha?

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

7. Why is wealth and gaining wealth so important to Lakshmi?

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

9. In 1950s India, did individual shame exist? How does Lakshmi explain shame in her culture?

10. What does Radha do, when Mrs. Iyengar enters the room, to cover up Mrs. Harris’ groans?

(see the answer keys)

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