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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, pp. 52-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lakshmi go for her period of confinement after her first menstruation?
(a) The basement.
(b) The attic.
(c) The goat shed.
(d) The church.

2. What type of agriculture is grown around Lakshmi's village?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Barley.
(c) Rice.
(d) Corn.

3. What name has Lakshmi given to the cucumber that she refers to as "the gnarled grandmother of the group" in "Confession"?
(a) Bajai.
(b) Anita.
(c) Ananta.
(d) Pushpa.

4. What answer does Auntie give to the turnip-nosed man when he asks about Lakshmi in "Numbers"?
(a) "Fourteen."
(b) "Eight."
(c) "Twelve."
(d) "Sixteen."

5. Until what age does Lakshmi's mother tell her to feed a son at her breast if she should have one in "Everything I Need to Know"?
(a) Until the age of 4.
(b) Until the age of 3.
(c) Until the age of 6.
(d) Until the age of 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Lakshmi's cucumbers is shaped like a snake, according to the narrator in "Confession"?

2. In "Seeing a Girl with a Long Black Braid," the narrator says, "There are a thousand girls in the city. But so far, none of them is" whom?

3. What is Auntie Mumtaz wearing when Lakshmi first meets her in "Ten Thousand Rupees"?

4. Through how many villages does Lakshmi say she has traveled with Auntie in the beginning of "A New World"?

5. What are "the carts with chicken and sheep in the back" called, according to Lakshmi in "On the Bus"?

(see the answer key)

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