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Sold Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut in the mountains of Nepal. Her family is desperately poor, but her life is full of simple pleasures, like raising her black-and-white speckled goat, and having her mother brush her hair by the light of an oil lamp. But when the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains of the family&apos;s crops, Lakshmi&apos;s stepfather says she must leave home and take a job to support her family. He introduces her to a glamorous stranger who tells her she will find her a job as a maid working for a wealthy woman in the city. Glad to be able to help, Lakshmi undertakes the long journey to India and arrives at "Happiness House" full of hope. But she soon learns the unthinkable truth: she has been sold into prostitution. An old woman named Mumtaz rules the brothel with cruelty and cunning. She tells Lakshmi that she is trapped there until she can pay off her family&apos;s debt -- then cheats Lakshmi of her meager earnings so that she can never leave. Lakshmi&apos;s life becomes a nightmare from which she cannot escape. Still, she lives by her mother&apos;s words--"Simply to endure is to triumph"--and gradually, she forms friendships with the other girls that enable her to survive in this terrifying new world. Then the day comes when she must make a decision -- will she risk everything for a chance to reclaim her life?

What does Lakshmi think she’s going to be in the city?

She was told that she was going to be a maid for a wealthy family.

Where Was Ama Taken From ? Her vllage Napoli, in Nepal at a grocery store. Why did Ama agree to go to the city at first ? Ama wanted to help her family out with their money problems because her step father wouldn’t work.

Who Sold Ama to the lady at the grocery store ? Amas Stepfather sold Ama. How was Ama eventually saved?

An American man takes her to a shelter.

Why won’t Anita go with Ama and the American?

She believes it is a trick by the evil Mumtaz the owner of the brothel.

How does Ama learn a few words of English?

Hamish (David Beckham boy) has an English book from school since

Hindi and English are spoken there.

Why won’t the girls try to escape? They know that the goonda are thugs that will find you and beat you for running off.

That is why Anita’s side of her face is dead (lopsided and doesn’t move)

Why did Monica return to the whorehouse?

When she returned to her village she was told to never return and that her daughter was told she was dead.

What is the surprise the tea boy brings Lakshmi? He gives her a Coca-cola.

Why does the David Beckham boy have to leave?

His mother is too old and sick to work anymore.