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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 20, who does Anjali get in a fight with?
(a) Kiro.
(b) Hari.
(c) Mari.
(d) Irfaan.

2. What happens to the school in Chapter 27?
(a) People paint it.
(b) People fund it.
(c) People destroy it.
(d) People pray in it.

3. What does Nirmala tell Anjali about her plan for the school?
(a) It should happen on the night of the harvest.
(b) It is innovative.
(c) It is foolish.
(d) It is great.

4. Who comes to find Paro in Chapter 21?
(a) Faro.
(b) Hari.
(c) Riki.
(d) Mohan.

5. How did Ma first learn English?
(a) She taught herself.
(b) Overhearing her brother's private tutor.
(c) Radio.
(d) Television.

6. What does Mohan help Anjali and Ma do in Chapter 15?
(a) Wait on tables.
(b) Pray.
(c) Cook.
(d) Push their wagon.

7. What does Anjali end up telling Suman directly in the end of Chapter 15?
(a) She just cleaned her toilet.
(b) She just changed her clothes.
(c) She just learned how to play the guitar.
(d) She just ate prasad.

8. Who does Anjali ask to join her and the others in getting an education?
(a) Mohan.
(b) Hiro.
(c) Marki.
(d) Riki.

9. Who are the two sides on the riots?
(a) Hindus and Catholics.
(b) Muslims and Jewish people.
(c) Hindus and Muslims.
(d) Bastis and Yaris.

10. Where do the parents say the Dalits have to sit in class?
(a) In the front.
(b) In the back.
(c) In the middle.
(d) All throughout.

11. In Chapter 20, what irks Jamuna?
(a) The cow being sick.
(b) The lack of good medicine.
(c) The sound of the Muslim call to prayer.
(d) The lack of good rice.

12. What does Anjali say proves her mother's innocence in Chapter 28?
(a) That her mother's bank account is still growing.
(b) That her mother is in jail but people are still rioting, so she can not be inciting violence.
(c) That her mother's school is still going.
(d) That her mother's restaurant is still running.

13. What does Anjali go to for a better fragrance in Chapter 15 while cleaning the outhouse?
(a) Rice.
(b) Pashwaan.
(c) Riki.
(d) Jasmine.

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

15. What does Ma eat in jail?
(a) Meat.
(b) Bread only.
(c) Citrus fruit.
(d) Cold daal and rice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Anjali give Ma in Chapter 24 to help keep her spirits up?

3. What does Ghandi start in Chapter 25?

4. Who tells Anjali she is as crazy as her mother?

5. What does Mrs. Mishra say to Anjali and her Baba in Chapter 28?

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