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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lakshmi describe all the houses having like the one in Gita's hut in "Train"?

2. What food does Uncle Husband get for Lakshmi during a stop on the train?

3. What does Lakshmi scrub the floors with at her hut to keep it cool and "free from evil spirits" in "The New Student"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is ironic about the setting of Happiness House?

3. What is symbolized and foreshadowed by the woman who has been publicly shamed when Lakshmi gets off the train in India?

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

5. What custom does Lakshmi partake in when she begins menstruation in "First Blood"?

6. Who is described in "The New Student"? What is Lakshmi's relationship with this character?

7. How is Lakshmi's family described in "A Tin Roof"? With whom does Lakshmi live?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Lakshmi’s journey from her home village to Happiness House. Where does Lakshmi go? How does she travel? What are her perceptions of the new worlds she encounters after leaving her home?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Mumtaz in Sold. What role does Mumtaz play in the underground human trafficking market? How does Mumtaz establish control over the girls that she “owns” at Happiness House? How does Mumtaz avoid arrest?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the character of Lakshmi as the protagonist of Sold. How old is Lakshmi when the reader meets her? How would you describe her personality? What does Lakshmi look like? How do you relate to this character? How does Lakshmi evolve in the course of the story?

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