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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 type of baby animals are left in Dina's fireplace?
(a) Puppies.
(b) Rats.
(c) Kittens.
(d) Monkeys.

2. What article of clothing does Ashraf wish to buy for the tailors?
(a) Hats.
(b) Pants.
(c) Shirts.
(d) Robes.

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

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

5. Who kills Ashraf?
(a) The Beggarmaster.
(b) The villagers.
(c) The doctors.
(d) The police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of his body does Ishvar lose?

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

3. What does Dina lend to Rajaram when he wants to start his own business?

4. What does Om spit in Thakur's face?

5. What does Dina pour over Om's head to cure his lice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the debt collector visits Dina?

2. What happens when Dina purchases a bottle of vermifuge and gives a dose to Om?

3. Why does the Beggarmaster leave Shankar on the streets even after it is revealed that they are brothers?

4. How does it come to pass that the tailors begin eating dinner in the main house?

5. How does Maneck die?

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

7. Why does Dina lose her apartment?

8. How does Ishvar lose his legs?

9. What happens when Om begins to itch with lice?

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

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