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Q. Based on what happens to Lakshmi in the novel, who is most likely to begin the process of trafficking young girls into slavery?
Men who know the girls in some way
Strange men who have never met the girls before
Leaders in the villages the girls come from
Women who have grown up in the slave trade
Q. Based on Lakshmi's story, how do traffickers most likely transport girls across the border?
Men smuggle the girls in carts.
Women hike across the border with the girls.
Men have the girls lie to the border police by saying the girls are the wives of the men they are with.
Women have the girls pretend to be older than they are so the girls are not questioned at the border.
Q. Based on what we know of Mumtaz, how are brothel owners most likely to maintain control over the girls in the brothel?
They treat the girls kindly.
They pay the girls well to stay in the brothel.
They use violence and fear to break the spirits of the girls.
They promise the girls that they will eventually return to their families.
Q. What role do the goondas play in running Happiness House?
They work for the police and help save the girls.
They work for Mumtaz and threaten the girls in the brothel with violence.
They bring the girls in the brothel tea on a daily basis and treat them kindly.
They bring the girls in the brothel medicine and protection from sexually transmitted infections.