Worksheets"Sold" Pages 130-160
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
In the section, "Meeting the David Beckham Boy", If Lakshmi could speak Hindi, what would she ask the boy?
What his favorite color is
Does he have a pet
Where is he from
What the air smells like in the city at night
In the section "Everything I Know Now", why could Mumtaz get more money for Lakshmi when she was in the locked room upstairs?
She was passed out.
They would think she was older.
No one would hear her cry.
She could pass her off as a virgin, virgins command higher prices.
In the section, "Everything I Know Now", what cruel trick does Anita believe certain American’s might play on her?
They will trick a girl into believing they are helping - only to parade her naked through the streets.
Now she must solicit customers herself.
They will sell her.
They want to kill her.
In the section, "Pretending", why does Pushpa’s baby girl cry?
She got spanked
She does not want to take a nap
She dropped her toy
She has no milk left
Shahanna says “Only Mumtaz does not pretend.” What does she mean by this?
Mumtaz are crazy, they are not pretending because they have lost their minds.
Certain girls feel they are only living this way until they get out of debt - and they try to create levels of normalcy in that.
Certain girls do not know a different life.
It is a lie that Shahanna says to be mean.
In the section, "Mathematics", how does Lakshmi use her math skills now?
to figure out how long to pay her debt
to steal from the other girls
to buy a Coke Cola
to get a taxi so she can run away
Why does Monica work so hard to get the most customers?
She doesn't want to be left alone
She is scared of the dark
She is trying to find a way to run away
She wants to repay her “debt” faster
In the section, "An Ordinary Boy", What does the boy do when concentrating on his homework?
sing
whistle
stick his tongue out
tap his pencil
What show does he play along with?
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader
Jeopardy
Wheel Of Fortune
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
In the section, "Caught", what does Lakshmi expect the boy to do to her?
Let her go
beat her
tell on her
pretend she is not there
What does he actually do?
Call the police
Runaway
Beat her
Tries to share the book with her
Who is “worse than a goonda”?
The neighbors who call the police
The police who take bribes
The men who are in the house
Girls who tell on the other girls
What does the boy pretend is a soccer ball?
food item from the trash
the bowl from the kitchen
his shoe
the girls' bras
Why does he focus so intently on the ball?
He does not want to see the girls
He is looking for money on the ground
He doesn't want to see the boys that bully him
He does not want the police to talk to him
In the section, "Something Else I Know About the David Beckham Boy", Why does he linger when he kisses his Ama?
He was trying to get out of trouble
He was not paying attention
He is tired
Check for fever
