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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. Why does Kanta think exposing Radha to Western ways would be good for her?
(a) It will prepare her better for modern life.
(b) It will prepare her for living abroad.
(c) It will show her what it is like in the real world.
(d) It will make her smarter and prettier.

2. To who is an alter built?
(a) Goddess Lakshmi.
(b) Goddess Shiva.
(c) Lord Voldemort.
(d) Lord Ganesh.

3. Lakshmi believes Parvati has gone to England for what reason?
(a) To take in the soothing natural baths.
(b) To cool off in the British air.
(c) To study Western culture.
(d) To keep Ravi from coming back to Jaipur.

4. To what food does Sheela compare Radha?
(a) Bean pudding.
(b) Cream.
(c) Rice.
(d) An eggplant.

5. What is one thing Lakshmi does NOT say she should have done differently?
(a) Kept a closer eye on Radha, whom I was supposed to protect.
(b) Demanded Parvati pay me up front for a marriage arrangement far more brilliant than the average matchmaker could have devised.
(c) Refrained from sleeping with a man like Samir, who used women as callously as his son did
(d) Never taken Radha in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose home does Lakshmi go in the Pleasure District?

2. How does Lakshmi feel about missing Radha, while Radha is in Shimla?

3. What plot dies Malik concoct to get Hari to stop asking Lakshmi for money?

4. According to Samir, who has the Singh family had trouble with in the past, regarding Ravi?

5. What festival takes place every August and is supposed to ensure wedded bliss?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the last the reader sees of Parvati?

2. What information gives readers a clue at the beginning of Part Three that something is going on with Radha?

3. What does Radha say about her relationship with Lakshmi versus her relationship with Kanta?

4. How did both Lakshmi and Hari's mother hurt him?

5. How does Radha show her naivety once Lakshmi tells her she is pregnant?

6. What were signs that Maharani Latika was healing?

7. Name at least three traditions that are part of a blessing for a new home in Hinduism, according to this story.

8. Why does Lakshmi abort her pregnancies? How does this affect Hari?

9. How does Radha feel about the school she is attending in Part Three? How do these feelings surface?

10. How are Radha and Malik alike?

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