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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, pp. 114-171.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described as the "most important button" in "Remote Control"?
(a) The volume button.
(b) The red button.
(c) The mute button.
(d) The channel button.

2. What is the name of the half-frowning girl at Happiness House?
(a) Pushpa.
(b) Shahanna.
(c) Shilpa.
(d) Anita.

3. How much money does Mumtaz withhold from the girls' earnings at Happiness House for the monthly shot that the "dirty-hands doctor" gives them so they won't get pregnant?
(a) 200 rupees.
(b) 50 rupees.
(c) 100 rupees.
(d) 500 rupees.

4. What color is the dress that Auntie gives to Lakshmi in "New Clothes"?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Pink.
(d) White.

5. What does Lakshmi describe all the houses having like the one in Gita's hut in "Train"?
(a) White doors.
(b) Tin roofs.
(c) Glass suns.
(d) Picket fences.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who is the coughing woman that shares a room with Lakshmi at Happiness House?

3. What has been purchased for Gita's little brother since she went to work as a maid in the city?

4. What is the name of the girl that Lakshmi describes as "the aging bird girl" at Happiness House?

5. How much money does Shahanna say Mumtaz charges the girls for their daily rice and dal?

(see the answer key)

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