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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 a sign during the move-in ceremony that something is going on with Radha?
(a) She goes to the privy multiple times.
(b) She keeps coughing.
(c) She does not show up for the ceremony.
(d) She weeps the entire time.

2. What does Hari do when he is lying?
(a) He coughs.
(b) He stutters.
(c) He covers the scar on his chin.
(d) He looks off to the left.

3. What reason does Mrs. Sharma give for why she has to stick by Parvati?
(a) Once Sheela and Ravi are married, they will all be one family.
(b) She believes Parvati.
(c) Parvati is her best friend.
(d) She and Parvati are members of the same caste.

4. What is the purpose of the rituals of the move-in ceremony?
(a) Show off for the neighbors.
(b) Protect the neighborhood from the new home and its residents.
(c) Demonstrate to others how religious you are.
(d) Feed the gods and ask them to watch over the house and protect them from evil intentions.

5. Why does Lakshmi imagine the letters from Kumar are from Radha?
(a) Kumar speaks of Radha so much in the letters.
(b) She imagines Radha sitting next to him as he wrote the letters.
(c) Radha wrote them, while Kumar dictated.
(d) Kumar wrote them, while Radah dictated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the centuries-old tradition known as purdah?

2. Radha shows an unusual ability to grasp what concepts?

3. What is the main reason Lakshmi gives for why she believes she deserves all that is coming to her?

4. At the beginning of Part Three, Chapter 10, what is still not completed on Lakshmi’s new home?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some pros and cons for sending Radha to the Maharani School for Girls?

2. How are Radha and Malik alike?

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

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

5. How has Radha changed over the three months she has been with Lakshmi in regards to her relationship with Lakshmi?

6. What is the reason Maharani Indira gives for wanting Maharani Latika healed?

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

8. What made Hari change his behavior towards women?

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

10. What is the name of Maharani Indira’s parrot? Why is he named this?

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