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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who kills the Beggarmaster?
(a) The Monkey Man.
(b) Rajaram.
(c) Om.
(d) Shankar.

2. What does Nusswan think should happen to the people who live on the streets?
(a) They should be shot.
(b) They should be poisoned.
(c) They should be drowned.
(d) They should be stabbed.

3. Who does Dina order to get up off his knees, and never drop down to another human again?
(a) Om.
(b) Maneck.
(c) Nusswan.
(d) Ishvar.

4. Who comes to Dina asking for money in Chapter 9?
(a) Shankar.
(b) Ibrahim.
(c) Nusswan.
(d) Rajaram.

5. How does Nusswan feel about having Dina back in his home at the end of the novel?
(a) He is sad.
(b) He is apathetic.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is angry.

6. Who do the police arrest in Chapter 16 for the murders of the beggars?
(a) Dina.
(b) The goondas.
(c) Ishvar.
(d) The Beggarmaster.

7. What has Maneck gotten a job repairing in Chapter 16?
(a) Car motors.
(b) Air conditioners.
(c) Refrigerators.
(d) Sewing machines.

8. In his letter to Dina, when does Maneck say that he will be returning?
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Never.

9. Who does the Beggarmaster say is in charge of deciding the fate of the slums?
(a) The people.
(b) The goverment body.
(c) The police.
(d) The Prime Minister.

10. How does Dina feel about the tailor's house hunting?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is apathetic.
(c) She is upset.
(d) She is excited.

11. Whose home does the Beggarmaster bring Ishvar and Om to on their first night of freedom?
(a) His own.
(b) Nusswan's.
(c) Shankar's.
(d) Dina's.

12. Where is the bump that grows on the Beggarmaster and his newly found relatives' bodies, proving their relation to one another?
(a) Their noses.
(b) Their knees.
(c) Their elbows.
(d) Their necks.

13. Who comes to cut Shankar's hair in Chapter 14?
(a) Rajaram.
(b) Maneck.
(c) The Beggarmaster.
(d) Dina.

14. Who does Dina visit to ask for money in Chapter 9?
(a) The Beggarmaster.
(b) Nusswan.
(c) The facilitator.
(d) Mrs. Gupta.

15. How does Dina react to Maneck's return?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She is confused.
(c) She is apathetic.
(d) She is angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who plays nurse to Ishvar while he is recovering from his injury in Chapter 9?

2. What has been stolen from the murdered beggars that concerns the tailors?

3. Who does Rajaram inadvertently kill, causing a family to beat him?

4. What part of his body does Ishvar lose?

5. When Maneck's mother falls down the hill, what part of her body is injured?

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