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Name:__________________________ Period:____________________


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Pre-Reading ACTIVITIES

Look at the front cover. Based on the title along with the picture, what do you think the novel will be

about? What makes you think so?

Read the back cover. What does the back cover tell you about the novel?

What is sexual slavery? Look it up and write down five facts you find out here:

Sexual slavery still exists all over the world. Is this a topic/novel that you think youll find interesting?

Why or why not?

What do you already know about this topic? Write about it below.

What would you like to know about this topic?

Page through the novel. What format is it in? What do are your thoughts about reading something in

this format?


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A Tin Roof

A symbolis when a concrete object (something you can touch or see, like a chair or a person) represents an

abstract concept (something deeper, usually something you cant touch like an idea or a feeling). What does

the tin roof symbolize for Lakshmi?

Describe Lakshmis father.

Before Gita Left

A striking lineis a line that you think is particularly well written, interesting, or thought provoking. Write down a

striking line from this poem below:

Striking line Why you find it striking

Where has Lakshmis best friend Gita gone?

List the objects Gita has bought for her family below:


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What can you infer that the tiny class sun is referring to?

Something Beautiful


Describe your mother. Be detailed.

A Difference between a Son and a Daughter

What is the difference between a son and a daughter?

How would you feel if you were Lakshmi?


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Calendar

In the chart below, write what happens during each of the months.

How would you describe this community?

First Blood and Everything I Need to Know

What is the first blood?

What happens to women when they get their blood?


Cold months

Dry months

Rainy months

Cool months


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Lakshmis mother, Ama, says, This has always been our fate. Simply to endure is to triumph (16). What

does this quotation tell you about the women in Lakshmis village?

Fifty Days Without Rain and Making Do.


What is the weather like in the village?

What do you predict will happen if the weather remains like this?

What is Missing and When the Rain Came


What did Lakshmis stepfather sell?


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I shut my eyes tight, letting the tears that had been gathering there finally spill down my cheeks, where they

could hide inside the rain (35). Why do you think Lakshmi is crying?

Maybe


What do Lakshmi and her mother dream about?

What sorts of things do you wish you had?

Do you think Lakshmi will get any of the things she

imagines? Why or why not?


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What Disaster Sounds Like

In the dry season, they wanted rain desperately. In what ways is the rain now too much of a good thing (31)?

What do you think Lakshmi means when she says that Instead there is a ghostly hush that tells us we have

lost everything (33)?

How do you predict Lakshmis family will get money to survive?

Checkpoint #1. See your teacher

before moving on to the next section.Teacher signature:__________________

The Price of a Loan

What has Lakshmis family lost?

How did Ama given up to give her family money?

How do you feel about Lakshmis father?

Stranger


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A simileis a comparison of two unlike things separated by the words like or as (Life is likea box of

chocolates). Find a simile and write it below.

Create your own simile that describes Lakshmi.

Even a man who gambles away what little we have on a fancy new hat and coat, [Ama] says, is better than

no man at all (38). Why does Ama think her husband is so despicable?

Windfall

Lakshmi does not give a name to her stepfather? Why do you think she does this?

What does auspicious mean? What does her stepfather mean by an auspicious night?

Why does Ama think that its a good thing that Lakshmis stepfather won the motorcycle?

YOUR OPINION: Do you think its a good idea her stepfather won the motorcycle? Why or why not?

Nightfall


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What has happened to her stepfather? Is this how you predicted? Explain.

A Tiny Earthquake

Find a simile and write it below:

What news does Ama give Lakshmi?

How does Lakshmi react to the news?

How do you think you would react to the news?

A Trade

How much does Lakshmis stepfather want for her? Does Lakshmi think this is a lot or a little bit of money?

Foreshadowingis when the text gives clues of whats going to happen later. How do you think does Bajai

Sitas concern that she has no hips foreshadow what will happen to Lakshmi?

What does her stepfather do after he receives the money? What does this say about who he is as a person?


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How is Lakshmi defiant to her stepfather?

Tell AmaI will make her proud. Tell her Ill be back for the next festival season (54). Do you think she will

see her stepfather and Ama ever again? Why or why not?

A New World

What sorts of things does Lakshmi see in her new world?

What is Lakshmis mood right now?

Show her mood by drawing a picture of her face below:

What I Carry


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What do you think Lakshmi means by My bundle is light/My bundle is heavy?



An Inauspicious Start

Personificationis when you give inhuman objects human traits (the wind whistled or the jacket beatboxed its

way down the hallway). Find an example of personification in this poem and write it below.

What does Lakshmi do that makes her journey an inauspicious start?

Next


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Lakshmi deals with all of the sights and sounds of the city. Write a ten line poem that captures the sights and

sounds of a classroom.

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And I wonder, in this swarming, hurry-up city, what will happen next to me (66). What do you think will

happen next to her?

Lost

The tone changes in this poem, as Lakshmi goes from excited to (fill in the blank)_______________________.

Why is she now concerned?

New Clothes


What do you think Auntie means when she says that Lakshmi will have to change her country ways (72)?


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Draw how you imagine the dress to look below:

Why does Lakshmi feel ashamed?

Numbers


Lakshmi is sold again! How much is she worth?

Why do you think the man slapped Auntie?


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Uncle Husband

What does Uncle Husband teach Lakshmi about the border men? Why do you think he teaches this?

Do you think the border men are really bad? Why or why not?

Uncle Husband tells Lakshmi not to be scared. Do you think she shouldbe scared? Why or why not?

Train


On the map below, draw an arrow from where Lakshmis home is and where she is now.


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Why does Uncle Husband tell Lakshmi to not talk? What do you think is the real reason Uncle Husband

doesnt want her to talk?

City Ways

Why does Lakshmi feel shame?

Disgraced

Why is the woman disgraced? What did she do?

What sorts of things do they do to the woman?

Why did they cut off all her hair?


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Why do you think the author chose to write this scene? What might be its purpose?



Happiness House

What do the girls look like in Happiness House?

Lakshmi asks, What kind of place is this? What kind of place do you think this is?

Why does Lakshmi think these girls are movie stars?

Ten Thousand Rupees

Describe Auntie Mumtaz.


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How much money does Uncle Husband get for Lakshmi?

In what ways did Lakshmis stepfather get ripped off?

What is Lakshmi thinking as the girl locks the door? What do these thoughts tell us about Lakshmi?

Why do you think Lakshmi was locked in?

Old Man


How do the other girls react when they see Lakshmi? Why do you think they act this way? What does this

foreshadow?

Describe the old man.

What does the old man try to do? How does Lakshmi react?


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Do you think Lakshmi will get in trouble? What do you predict will happen to her?

Sold

What does Auntie Mumtaz reveal to Lakshmi?

How does Mumtaz punish Lakshmi?

Why do you think Lakshmi refuses to cry?

How would you feel if you were Lakshmi? Describe it in a poem below:

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Whats Left and Hunger

What are the ways Mumtaz is trying to torture Lakshmi?


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Why is she torturing her?

Describe how Lakshmi feels about Mumtaz trying to starve her.

A Cup of Tea

Describe Shahanna using three words in the suns below:

You are safe here only if you do not show how frightened you are (116). Do you agree with this idea? Why o

why not?

A Cup of Lassi

How has Mumtaz tricked Lakshmi?

What do you predict will happen to Lakshmi now?


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The next poem is called Lucky to be with Habib. Based on the title of the poem, what do you think will happen

next?

Lucky to be with Habib

What does it really mean to be lucky to be with Habib? What happened to Lakshmi?

Why do you think, after withholding for so long, now Lakshmi cries?

Checkpoint #4. See your teacherbefore moving on to the next section.Teacher signature:__________________

Twilight

Why does Lakshmi question what is real and what is imaginary?

What does Lakshmi mean when she says, I decide to think it is all a nightmare. Because if what is happening

is real, it is unbearable (124)?


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Between Twilights


Counting

Mumtaz is still poisoning Lakshmi to keep her with the men. Do you predict that she will eventually give up and

do it on her own? Why or why not?

What can you infer is the only thing that makes Lakshmi feel better about what she is forced to do?

Changes

What outrage does Mumtaz do to Lakshmi?

Why do you think Lakshmi says Somehow, of all the things that have been done to me, thisthis outrageis

the worst (133)?

What will Mumtaz do if Lakshmi tries to run away?

New Girl



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How do you think Lakshmi has changed?

What will happen to the new girl?

In My New Room

Write down three things about Pushpa.

Describe what Anita looks like.

Meeting the David Beckham Boy

Who is the David Beckham boy?

Why does Lakshmi want to talk to him?


Everything I need to Know


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Write down five things Lakshmi learns that she needs to know.

What happened to the new girl? What does this show you about how awful their circumstances are?

Recall again what Ama said on page 16 about enduring. How has Lakshmi shown that she is taking her

mothers advice?

Pretending

Why do the girls dote on the babies and give them sweets?

Why does Mumtaz want the girls to have babies? Why do the girls want to have babies?


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In what ways are the girls and children of Happiness House pretending?

Ironyis when something is the opposite or quite different than what you expect it to be. How is the title

Happiness House ironic?

The Costumers

How much is it to be with Lakshmi each time?

How would you feel if you were only worth the price of a Coke?

Mathematics

How has Lakshmi discovered that shes buried alive?

Do you think she will ever get out of Happiness House? Why or why not?

Monica



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How is Monica different from the other girls?

And then they are gone, and I am alone to consider an odd and somewhat sour feeling: disappointment that

the man did not choose me (150). How is Lakshmi changing?

Stealing from the David Beckham Boy

What does she steal?

What does the storybook symbolize for Lakshmi?

Something Else I Know about the David Beckham Boy

In what ways is the David Beckham boy special?

Who is David Beckham (the real person)?

Why is the David Beckham boy lingering longer when he kisses his mother?


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What do you think will happen to his family?

More Words

The David Beckham boy is teaching Lakshmi English. What three sentences does she learn this day?

How might these sentences become important to Lakshmi later in the novel?

TwoWorlds

And so I consider a world so ugly that a child would be maimed for life to fetch an extra rupee or two. And

another world full of brides and marigolds, rain machines and white horses (168). Respond and reflect on this

sentence.

Shilpas Secret

What is her secret?

Can you blame her? Why or why not?

A Strange Vocabulary

What does Lakshmi think about America?


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What do you think about India?

An Accidental Kindness


Why is this particular customer special?

Why does Lakshmi feels like she has debt for this man? Why do you think she reacts so strongly to him?

A Gift


What gift does Harish give Lakshmi?

Describe a gift that youve receivedthat undid you.


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Checkpoint #5. See your teacherbefore moving on to the next section.Teacher signature:__________________

Still Not Counting

Do you think Lakshmi is lying when she says shes still not counting? Why or why not?

The Cost of a Cure

What do you think is wrong with Lakshmi? What is causing her pain?

Do you think the kindly woman in white is real, or is she just a dream? Explain your answer.

I swallow, and for a moment, I love her (190). After all Mumtaz has done to Lakshmi, why do you think she

feels love for her at this moment?

The Living Dead

What has happened to Monica?


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Monica believed that her family would honor her for the sacrifices shes made to help her family. How do you

feel about how they treated her? Are they justified, or did they treat her unfairly?

Based on how Monica was treated, do you think Lakshmi will ever be able to return home and be a part of her

family? Explain your answer.

Beyond Words

Mumtaz wants to kick out Pushpa. Why?

What is the only way Pushpa can stay?

How does Pushpa react to Mumtazs proposition?

Do you think Pushpa will agree? Why or why not?

A Strange Customer



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What does the American man want?

Should she listen to the American man? Why or why not?

What does the American man give her?

A Secret

What does Shahanna say about the American man? What happened to Anita?

What does Lakshmi think of the American

man?


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Who should Lakshmi believe, the American or Shahanna?

What does Lakshmi mean when she says, But most of all, Im afraid to imagine a life outside this place (208).

No Remedy

Why has Monica gotten kicked out of Happiness House?

Raid

What happens during the raid?

Who was missing after the raid?

Why do you think the raid happened? Is the raid a good or a bad thing, do you think?

Gossip

What do the girls think happened to Shahanna?


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Why does Lakshmi think it is her fault?

Why did Mumtaz get raided?

YOUR OPINION: What do you think happened to Shahanna?

Just a Cup of Tea

What act of kindness does the street boy do?

Why do you think he did this act of kindness?

Do an act of kindness for someone else. Then, you must write about it below. Be sure to explain what you did

and how your person reacted.

A Recalculation

What horrible news does Lakshmi discover when she meets with Mumtaz?


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Do you think Lakshmi could make it five more years in Happiness House? Why or why not?

Monster

In what ways is Mumtaz a monster? In what ways is Lakshmi now a monster?

A Coca-Cola and Paying a Debt

What does the street boy give Lakshmi? Why does he give this?

How does Lakshmi describe how the Coca-cola feels on her tongue?

In your own words, creatively describe what its like to drink soda pop. Pretend like you are explaining it to

someone who has never had soda before.

What happens to the street boy for giving his gift?


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A Revelation

Up to this point, Lakshmi has believed that her money is going to her family. What has she discovered?

When will she be able to leave Happiness House?

Stupidity

Why is it the street boys last day?

What do you think will become of the street boy?

What does Lakshmi give the street boy?

Why does she give this to him?

Why do you think the title of this poem is stupidity?

Digital Magic and Believing

Should Lakshmi trust this American? Why or why not?


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What is the little lightning box? How does Lakshmi react to it?

How has the street boy helped her?

What will happen when the American comes back?

Punishment


Why does Lakshmi think that she is the one who will be punished?

What does Mumtaz do to Kumari? Why does she do it?

What does Mumtaz do to Lakshmi? Why does she do it?


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Why do you think Mumtaz can be so cruel?

The Words Harish Taught Me

Rewrite the last three lines of the novel here:

How have the words saved Lakshmi?

Why do you think Anita chose not to go? Should she have gone?

What do you think happens to Lakshmi next?

Authors Note

How many Nepali girls are sold each year?

How did the author get the information for this book?

POST-READING ACTIVITIES


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Choose one activity and complete it. Then, bring the activity for your final checkpoint credit.

1) Write three poems.

a. One poem should be about your response to this book. How did it make you feel?

What did you think about it? How did it make you feel?

b. One poem should be dedicated to Lakshmi. What would you say to her if you could?

c. One poem should be dedicated to another character in the book. What would you write

to another character?

2) Create a collage of symbols from the book. Explain on the poster what each symbol means

and how it represents the book.

3) Create a new book cover for Sold. Explain in a paragraph. how your new book cover best

represents Sold.

4) Rent the movie Born into Brothels. Explain how the documentary connects to Soldin a

paragraph.

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