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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 29 - Author's Note).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a tradition on Holi?
(a) The people eat meat.
(b) The people sing.
(c) The people throw color at each other.
(d) The people go to church.

2. In Chapter 15, what do Anjali and her mother wake early to do?
(a) Pray.
(b) Clean their toilets.
(c) Sing.
(d) Read.

3. What do Indians sometimes call the British?
(a) Haj.
(b) Maj.
(c) Gaj.
(d) Raj.

4. What does Mrs. Mishra say to Anjali and her Baba in Chapter 28?
(a) Ma should have spent more time worrying about her own kind.
(b) Ma double-crossed Mrs. Mishra.
(c) Ma was going to die soon.
(d) Ma did not pray enough.

5. In Chapter 21, why is school canceled?
(a) Drought.
(b) Power outage.
(c) Riots.
(d) Plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Anasuya's mother get mad?

2. Who dies in Chapter 33?

3. What does Irfaan always give Anjali for Diwali?

4. Why does Ma look so ill in Chapter 26?

5. In Chapter 24, who does Anjali see in the jail before seeing Ma?

(see the answer key)

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