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CharactersQuotes Figurative Language Plot IPlot II 10 20 30 40 50
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fragile like a bird, mother was a prostitute, alcoholic
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Shilpa
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has the coughing disease, widow forced to prostitute herself for her children.
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Pushpa
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shows Lakshmi kindness, keeps a trunk under his bed that contains his few possessions.
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Harish
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described as having sleepy cat eyes, has arranged marriage with Lakshmi.
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Krishna
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prostitute who approaches Lakshmi at the festival and lures her in with her beauty.
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Bimla
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“Have you done something for which you should be punished?...Have you done something wrong? Tell me, you stupid hill girl.”
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Mumtaz
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“If he comes back, will you go with him?...Will you take me with you?”
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Shahanna
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“When they heard I was coming, they met me outside the village and begged me not to come back and disgrace them.”
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Monica
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“The border is a very dangerous place. There are bad men there, men with guns, men who might harm you, or try to take you away from me.”
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Uncle Husband
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“Bimla may have given your family a little sum when you left home. But the rest—the money from the customers— goes to Mumtaz. Your family will never see one rupee more.”
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Shilpa
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Before today, Ama says, you could run as free as a leaf in the wind.
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Simile
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My heart is pounding like the drumming of a monsoon rain and my shoulders are shaking as a great chill.
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Simile
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At night low hearths will send up wispy curls of smoke fragrant with a dozen dinners, and darkness will clothe the land.
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Personification
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Then the baby awakes. And with each drip, and plink, and plop, and ping, he laughs and claps his hands.
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Onomatopoeia
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Even when she was standing upright to scan the sky for rain clouds, my Ama’s back was stooped.
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Paradox
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What does Lakshmi steal from Harish?
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His storybook
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Explain this phrase: “Simply to endure is to triumph.”
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Suffering is an unavoidable part of life; learning to thrive despite such is the true victory.
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Name two conditions that lead to human trafficking.
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Poverty Gender inequality Lack of education
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Name two symbols that show the way men like stepfather view women/girls like Lakshmi.
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Goat Cucumbers Water buffalo
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Toward the end of the text, after Lakshmi has discovered Mumtaz and decided to trust the Americans, what does she say is her “new kind of illness”?
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Hope
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Name two ways the city is horrific in comparison to the mountains.
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“City of the Dead” Poverty, slums Crime (police corruption) Selfishness
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What two worlds does Lakshmi come to discover and how are they different?
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World of the city, which is real life and terrible World of the television, which is fantasy and perfect
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Give an example of irony in the text.
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Lakshmi being sold into slavery by her stepfather. Lakshmi enduring Mumtaz starving her when she arrives at the brothel and refuses to see customers Happiness House
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Name two examples that show how Lakshmi rebuilds her trust in people.
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The street boy giving Lakshmi a Coke/tea Monica leaving Lakshmi her doll Harish giving Lakshmi a pencil
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According to the story, name at least one way they author proposes ending trafficking.
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Education for all Stopping corruption in law enforcement Providing aid to the poor
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