Q 01/05

In the novel Sold, Lakshmi is taken from her Himalayan village in Nepal to a brothel in which country?

A) China

B) Bangladesh

C) India

D) Pakistan

Answer · why

C) India

India is where a trafficker leads Lakshmi, coaching her to pose as his wife at the border crossing. She still believes honest work in a rich family's ...

Q 02/05

In the novel Sold, what does Lakshmi hope her city wages will buy for her family back in Nepal?

A) A tin roof

B) A water buffalo

C) A rice field

D) A sewing machine

Answer · why

A) A tin roof

A tin roof is the mark of a family that is getting by in Lakshmi's village, where her own home has only leaky thatch. Her mother would rather she stay...

Q 03/05

In the novel Sold, which member of Lakshmi's household hands her to a stranger in exchange for money?

A) Her cousin

B) Her grandfather

C) Her older brother

D) Her stepfather

Answer · why

D) Her stepfather

Her stepfather strikes the bargain at a village shop, then spends the first payment on luxuries for himself. Lakshmi goes willingly, believing she is ...

Q 04/05

In Patricia McCormick's Sold, what is the misleading name of the brothel where Lakshmi is held captive?

A) Lotus Palace

B) Happiness House

C) Moonlight Lodge

D) Garden of Plenty

Answer · why

B) Happiness House

Happiness House is the name of a place where girls are locked in, beaten and cheated of their earnings. Lakshmi walks in full of hope, sure that she h...

Q 05/05

In the novel Sold, which woman runs the brothel and cheats Lakshmi out of the little she earns?

A) Mumtaz

B) Razia

C) Nasreen

D) Farida

Answer · why

A) Mumtaz

Mumtaz tells Lakshmi she must work until the sum paid for her is repaid, then deducts fees such as interest and electricity so that it never shrinks.