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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What does the woman with the shaved head indicate about gender relationships in the novel? In this society...
women have power over men.
men and women have equal power.
women are respected and revered.
men have power over women.
What clue indicates that Lakshmi has found true friendship even in a place like Happiness House?
Monica offers to teach her ways to please men.
Shilpa warns her away from Shilpa’s clients.
Shahanna disappears after the raid.
Harish gives her a gift.
What action indicates that Lakshmi has never given up hope of escaping the brothel?
She tells the tea boy that she wants to buy alcohol.
She decides to be with any man, every man, to pay her debt.
She lies in bed reading the storybook Harish left her until Anita slaps her.
She gets a sexually transmitted infection and begs for medicine from Mumtaz.
What roles do language and education play in the novel?
Language and education make Lakshmi sad because she decides it’s not worth it to continue learning in the brothel.
Language and education are a way for Lakshmi to communicate with Shilpa and plan an escape.
Language and education are a way for Lakshmi to escape for a moment from the suffering and despair of her life in the brothel.
Language and education make Lakshmi angry because they remind her of what she has lost.
Shilpa stays at the brothel by her own free will, and she is not indebted to Mumtaz. Why does she stay?
She enjoys being a prostitute.
She is both a victim of inter-generational prostitution, and she knows no other way of life.
She has a secret debt of which no one is aware.
She is a prostitute so her child does not have to be.
Why do Pushpa, Harish, and Jeena leave Happiness House?
They sneak out in the middle of the day while the goondas are sleeping.
Because Pushpa is sick, Mumtaz offers to let Pushpa stop working in exchange for baby Jeena.
After Pushpa refuses to take Harish out of school, Mumtaz throws them out.
When Jeena gets sick over a client, Mumtaz throws them out.
What is unusual about Lakshmi’s final American customer?
He says he will bring her many other customers.
He takes her picture with a camera.
He just wants to hold her.
He buys her food and a Coca-Cola to drink.
Why does Monica give all of her prized possessions to the girls in the brothel?
She is planning her suicide.
She is planning to buy new things and is tired of these things.
Monica is overcome by generosity.
She is going home.
Once a month, the “dirty-hands doctor” gives some girls a shot that costs 500 rupees for what purpose?
The shot is an addictive drug meant to keep the girls from running away.
The shot is a vaccine against STDs.
The shot is to prevent against any pregnancies.
The shot provides medicine to protect against malaria.
What does Lakshmi discover about the police in the city?
The police are paid off by the brothel customers.
Police officers work tirelessly against brothel operators to stop human trafficking.
Police officers are some of her most “repeat clients.”
Mumtaz must often bribe and pay off police to stay in operation.
