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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What article of clothing is stolen from Om and Ishvar while they sleep?
(a) Their hats.
(b) Their shoes.
(c) Their pants.
(d) Their socks.

2. When Maneck's mother falls down the hill, what part of her body is injured?
(a) Her knee.
(b) Her elbow.
(c) Her neck.
(d) Her back.

3. What is Jeevan stealing from his customers?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Fabric.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr.Valmik?

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

3. Who do Om and Ishvar recognize as a performer at the relocation camp?

4. How is the size of the worm that passes out of Om's body described?

5. Who comes to cut Shankar's hair in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What living conditions do the tailors see when they are returning home on their first night of freedom, and how does the Beggarmaster explain it?

2. What happens to Rajaram that prompts him to leave his job at the government?

3. What happens when the debt collector visits Dina?

4. How does Ishvar lose his legs?

5. Why does Dina lose her apartment?

6. What does Dina do around the house when the tailors are off searching for a house, and how does she react when they return?

7. How is the Beggarmaster killed?

8. How does Om lose his testicles?

9. Why does Rajaram want to move to the Himalayas?

10. How does the reunification between Dina and Maneck transpire?

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