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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. Whose idea was it that all four characters eat dinner together in Chapter 10?
(a) Ishvar.
(b) Maneck.
(c) Dina.
(d) Om.

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

3. Where does Rajaram want to move in chapter 13?
(a) To the Himalayas.
(b) To America.
(c) To South America.
(d) To Nepal.

4. What game does Maneck attempt to teach Om during their vacation?
(a) Chess.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Poker.
(d) Checkers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr.Valmik?

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

3. Who laughs during Shankar's funeral, and asks Dina to leave with him?

4. Where is the bump that grows on the Beggarmaster and his newly found relatives' bodies, proving their relation to one another?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Shankar killed?

2. How does the Beggarmaster know that he is related to Shankar?

3. How is the Beggarmaster killed?

4. How does Om lose his testicles?

5. 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?

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

7. What do Om and Maneck do during their vacation from work?

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

9. Why does Dina lose her apartment?

10. What do Om and Ishvar see when they visit their old boss, Jeevan?

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