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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. What does the bus do when it encounters a cow sleeping in the middle of the road in "On the Bus"?
(a) It stops and waits.
(b) It goes around her.
(c) It runs over her.
(d) It honks.

2. Who is the boy that Lakshmi says she is promised to marry in "Before Gita Left"?
(a) Krishna.
(b) Bahun.
(c) Harish.
(d) Nawari.

3. What color does Lakshmi describe the huts of her village in "Something Beautiful"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Brown.
(c) Orange.
(d) Red.

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

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. What does Lakshmi describe brushing her teeth with in "The New Student"?

2. How does Lakshmi describe Auntie's teeth in "Questions and Answers"?

3. 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?

4. What question is Lakshmi asked by the border guard in "Crossing the Border"?

5. Lakshmi says in Section 1 that her stepfather looks at her the same way he looks at what vegetables growing in front of their hut?

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