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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapter Ten - Chapter Seventeen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What price was decided upon for Maharani Latika’s henna supplies?
(a) 900 rupees.
(b) 9,000 rupees.
(c) 10,000 rupees.
(d) 100 rupees.

2. At the henna party for the girls, how does Sheela make fun of Neeta?
(a) She makes fun of Neeta's dancing.
(b) She makes fun of Neeta's singing.
(c) She makes fun of Neeta's mother.
(d) She makes fun of Neeta's nose.

3. What is the punishment given to a girl in Mrs. Channa’s class for talking to her friend?
(a) She has to write an apology to the teacher.
(b) She is suspended.
(c) She has to squat with her arms under her knees and pull on her ears. Like a rooster.
(d) She has to sit in the corner with a dunce cap on her head.

4. Why does the idea appeal to Radha to start a family at 13?
(a) She has never really had a family.
(b) Lakshmi was 13 when she married.
(c) All of her classmates are getting married and having babies.
(d) She loves babies.

5. Toward the end of Part Three, Lakshmi laments the arrival of Radha in her life. What does she call her?
(a) Her personal punishment.
(b) Hert personal hell.
(c) Her personal retribution.
(d) Her personal monsoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lakshmi realize is her “steadfast companion”?

2. What color is a sign of good luck?

3. What is the main reason Lakshmi gives for why she believes she deserves all that is coming to her?

4. In what city does Part One begin?

5. How does the author describe word of Lakshmi’s visit to the palace?

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