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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, pp. 224 – 263.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the boy who wears the David Beckham t-shirt?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

2. How old is Lakshmi in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

3. What does Lakshmi describe on the posters in "In This Room"?
(a) Gods and movie stars.
(b) Monsters and ghosts.
(c) Mammals and birds.
(d) Mountains.

4. What is the affliction Lakshmi describes being crippled with in "A Kind of Illness"?
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Hope.
(d) HIV.

5. How much money does Lakshmi describe stealing from a drunk customer in "Whatever it Takes"?
(a) 20 rupees.
(b) 10 rupees.
(c) 100 rupees.
(d) 50 rupees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does Lakshmi say to the American in the end of "Believing"?

2. What does Lakshmi scrub the floors with at her hut to keep it cool and "free from evil spirits" in "The New Student"?

3. What does the bus do when it encounters a cow sleeping in the middle of the road in "On the Bus"?

4. What words does Harish teach to Lakshmi in "Sorry"?

5. Who is the last person from Lakshmi's village that she sees as she leaves with Auntie in "A Trade"?

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