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

2. When Lakshmi first sees Samir Singh, how does she feel?
(a) She feels uncomfortable.
(b) Her world is suddenly lighter.
(c) She is frustrated.
(d) She feels ill.

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

4. 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.

5. When Lakshmi first meets Kumar, how does she describe his eyes?
(a) Light eyes.
(b) The eyes of the intelligent.
(c) The eyes of the cautious.
(d) Beautiful eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname that Malik calls Lakshmi?

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

3. What type of women did Samir prefer as lovers?

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

5. What do married women wear as a sign to all that they are married?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Old Pink City.

3. What do Lakshmi’s sachets contain? How are they significant to the story?

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

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

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

7. What does Radha do to try to remove the curse on her family?

8. Why does Lakshmi help women have abortions?

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

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

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