WorksheetsSold Quiz 3
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 41mins
..."Drinking in the scent of mountain sunshine, a warmth that smells of freshly turned soil and clean laundry baking in the sun...cool Himalayan breeze...woodsy tang of cooking fire... crackles...fresh roti" (126)
This is an example of what literary strategy?
Personification
Simile
Imagery
Foreshadowing
"It has been a lifetime, it seems, since I was outside this room" - What does this hyperbole convey to the reader?
She has missed the other girls in the house
She is excited to meet the other girls in the house
She is no longer going to hide
She feels like a different person since being let out of the room where she was held prisoner
"We all need to pretend, if we did not pretend how would we live". What literary device is used here by Shahanna?
Figurative Language
Theme (Central Idea)
Symbolism
Allusion
When the sun is being described as a human with eyes, it's to demonstrate the importance of nature on their culture (while on a females menstrual cycle)
Hyperbole- "The sun shines a million rays on me"
Personification- "Even the sun cannot see you"
Simile- "The sun is like a God"
Metaphor- "You are the sun"
Who is characterized as showing compassion and love toward Lakshmi? She is kind and gentle and seems trustworthy.
Anita
Mumtaz
Monica
Shahanna
"The Happiness House girls clap and cheer and cackle like hens" - This is an example of what device?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Personification
In "Mathematics" chapter, Lakshmi realizes that it will be nearly impossible to buy her way out of happiness house. Her sense of hope deflated, but we know she will find another way. How does the author convey this idea?
"It has been a lifetime, it seems, since I was outside this room" (hyperbole 134)
"The girls clap and cheer and cackle like hens" (simile on 136)
"I am already buried alive" (metaphor on 148)
"Even the sun cannot see me" (personification)
Who is characterized as a loving mother?
Pushpa
Shahanna
Anita
Shilpa
The chapter entitled "The Danger of Protection" is considered ....
A Paradox
Symbolic
Irony
Imagery
What type of figurative language is used in this phrase?
"Coca-Cola, the sweet drink that people say is like having tiny fireworks in your mouth."
metaphor
personification
simile
oxymoron
The novel is set in Nazi Germany and Poland during World War II.
In "Ordinary Boy" Lakshmi says she hates The David Beckham boy. But what is a better word for her feelings?
"I hate him for having schoolbooks and playmates. For having a mother who combs his hair on the mornings she's feeling well enough. And for having the freedom to come and go as he pleases. But sometimes, I hate myself for hating him".
Anger
Envy
Indifference
Love
What writing strategy is used to characterize Monica?
"A Face Like a Fox", .."like a thirsty vine", "...Like the women on the [magazine] page", "Like a snake"
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Which is true about the character, Harish?
He's old, rude and doesn't treat the girls in Happiness House with respect
He's a hard worker, he takes orders from the women and customers of Happiness House and he is known as the "tea boy".
He plays soccer, he likes to read and learn, he loves his mother, and he's kind to all of the girls in Happiness House including Lakshmi
He is not trustworthy, he is uneducated, and works as one of Mumtaz's Goondas.
What is a good synonym for the word "furtive"?
"She [pays the boy for his liquor and] tells the boy to be on his way. He looks at me with furtive eyes as he runs past..."
Joyful
Secretive
Humorous
Enraged
