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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens the first time Anjali cleans the family outhouse?
(a) She gets reprimanded.
(b) She faints.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She throws up.

2. What does Anjali ask Ma to promise?
(a) She will break out of jail.
(b) She will start eating again.
(c) She will buy her way out of the justice system.
(d) She will keep praying.

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

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

5. In Chapter 23, whose work does Mohan say is living in Anjali?
(a) Ma's.
(b) Ghandi's.
(c) Chachaji's.
(d) Baba's.

6. Why does Ma look so ill in Chapter 26?
(a) She has vokran.
(b) She has cholera.
(c) She is fasting.
(d) She has lice.

7. In Chapter 25, why does the crowd beat Mohan?
(a) He ate from their dish.
(b) He tried to give Suman a necklace.
(c) For no reason.
(d) He prayed in the street.

8. In Chapter 16, what kind of tiffin container does Anjali have?
(a) Brass.
(b) Stainless steel.
(c) Silver.
(d) Gold.

9. What does Mohan tell Anjali she has to accept?
(a) He is going to be a doctor.
(b) He is going to America.
(c) Nothing will ever change.
(d) She will die soon.

10. Who is Anjali embarrassed in front of who sees her and Ma transporting waste in Chapter 15?
(a) Aliman.
(b) Anasuya.
(c) Suman.
(d) Irfaan.

11. Who tries to help Ma in Chapter 22?
(a) Riki.
(b) Maki.
(c) Keshavji.
(d) Harij.

12. What does Irfaan always give Anjali for Diwali?
(a) Crayons.
(b) Soda.
(c) Water.
(d) Food.

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

14. What does Ahimsa mean?
(a) A secret.
(b) A peaceful way that harms no living thing.
(c) A war.
(d) A vow.

15. What does Keshavji say they must do with new knowledge?
(a) Find a way to write it.
(b) Share it.
(c) Take it and better themselves.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ma tie around her and Anjali's faces in Chapter 15?

2. What list is Baba making?

3. Where does the gillin land in Chapter 16?

4. Who comes to find Paro in Chapter 21?

5. In Chapter 25, how long has Ma been in jail?

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