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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What price is ultimately agreed upon for Lakshmi in "A Trade"?
(a) 500 rupees.
(b) 200 rupees.
(c) 1,000 rupess.
(d) 800 rupees.

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

3. What food does Mumtaz pass under Lakshmi's nose in "What I Don't Do"?
(a) Chicken soup.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Curried rice.
(d) Potato soup.

4. What does Mumtaz beat Lakshmi with for three days in "Three Days and Three Nights"?
(a) A metal pipe.
(b) A leather strap.
(c) A twig from a willow tree.
(d) A wooden board.

5. What word from "A Trade" means favorable or conducive to success?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Incendiary.
(c) Colloquial.
(d) Auspicious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a daughter compared to in "The Difference Between a Son and a Daughter"?

3. What color does Lakshmi describe her mother's skin as in "Something Beautiful"?

4. In "Announcing the Dry Season," the narrator says, "The wind that blows up from the plains is called" what?

5. What does Lakshmi describe on the posters in "In This Room"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What possessions does Lakshmi describe in "What I Carry"?

2. What takes place in "A Trade"? What is the amount of money that is settled upon?

3. What are the names that Lakshmi has given to her cucumbers in "Confession"?

4. How do Lakshmi's impressions of Auntie change in "Questions and Answers"?

5. How does Lakshmi describe her village's religious beliefs in "Something Beautiful"?

6. What does a tin roof symbolize for Lakshmi in the novel?

7. Why does Lakshmi describe her first experiences of her journey to be "inauspicious" in "An Inauspicious Start"?

8. How does Lakshmi describe her journey in "A New World"?

9. How does Lakshmi come to Happiness House? What is the reality of Lakshmi's situation when she arrives?

10. How is Lakshmi punished when she bites the old man in "The Old Man"?

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