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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, pp. 172 – 223.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Monica been thrown out of Happiness House in "No Remedy"?
(a) She has stolen money.
(b) She has been caught smoking.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She has contracted HIV.

2. What are "the carts with chicken and sheep in the back" called, according to Lakshmi in "On the Bus"?
(a) Trucks.
(b) Trains.
(c) Lorries.
(d) Ox-carts.

3. Whom does the tea vendor cheat out of her change if she's not paying attention, according to Lakshmi in "The Street Boy"?
(a) Lakshmi.
(b) Ama.
(c) Shahanna.
(d) Mumtaz.

4. What does Monica leave for Lakshmi when she leaves Happiness House?
(a) A rag doll.
(b) A movie magazine.
(c) A calendar.
(d) A storybook.

5. To whom does Monica give the shoes that she once threw at her when she leaves Happiness House?
(a) Shahanna.
(b) Pushpa.
(c) Anita.
(d) Lakshmi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of the boy that Lakshmi is promised to marry in "Before Gita Left"?

2. What does Monica say her father needs when she returns to Happiness House in "The Living Dead"?

3. How does Lakshmi describe the amount of money that the turnip-nosed man gives to Auntie in "Numbers"?

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

5. Who is the girl at Happiness House that gets the most customers?

(see the answer key)

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