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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 book does Radah read aloud, in impressive English?
(a) Little Women.
(b) Wuthering Heights.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) Gulliver's Travels.

2. Which is NOT a reason that Lakshmi gives for wanting a home of her own?
(a) To have Western plumbing.
(b) To have a place of her own.
(c) To have a place to care for her elderly parents.
(d) To raise a family.

3. Why is Sheela Sharma an unconventional match for Ravi Singh?
(a) She is very intelligent.
(b) She is poor.
(c) She is unattractive.
(d) She is from a different caste.

4. When will Ravi be allowed to marry?
(a) When he falls in love.
(b) When is turns 25.
(c) When Sheela turns 18.
(d) When he graduates from university.

5. Despite her skepticism, Lakshmi has gained a little confidence in what, in regards to the safe delivery of the two babies?
(a) The gods.
(b) The birthing process.
(c) Hospitals.
(d) Doctors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is a sign of good luck?

2. In what city does the story begin?

3. Lakshmi feels she is taking what way out, instead of confronting Parvati in person?

4. What is a namaste?

5. Why is Ravi home from boarding school?

(see the answer key)

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