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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. 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?
(a) Colonization.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) 1950.
(d) Parition.

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

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

4. What can readers assume is a tonga-walla?
(a) A bus driver.
(b) The driver of a horse-drawn cart.
(c) A wagon.
(d) A yellow cab driver.

5. When does one say MemSahib?
(a) When one is hungry.
(b) When addressing a female of an upper caste.
(c) When one is angry.
(d) When addressing a servant girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encouraged and aided Lakshmi in her move to Jaipur?

2. When Lakshmi first meets Kumar, how does she describe his eyes?

3. In what city does the story begin?

4. What does Lakshmi hand Samir, when she sees him after her appointment with Parvati in Part One?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lakshmi describe Jaipur at the beginning of Part One?

2. Why are children so important to Indian men?

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

4. How had notebooks become important to Lakshmi?

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

6. Why did Lakshmi's ladies feel comfortable sharing private information with her?

7. What is the purpose of Lakshmi’s tiffin?

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

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

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

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