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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 does Ma do with Mohan's broom that shocks Anjali?
(a) Touches it.
(b) Throws it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Burns it.

2. What do Anjali's parents fight a lot about in Chapter 2?
(a) Her mother's books.
(b) Her mother's makeup.
(c) Her mother's job loss.
(d) Her mother's spending.

3. What does Anjali wear to school?
(a) Her gray skirt.
(b) Her sky-blue salwar kameez.
(c) Her pink pants.
(d) Her black shirt.

4. What surprises Anjali about Keshavji?
(a) He is an American.
(b) He is a Gari.
(c) He is a Paro.
(d) He is a Harijan.

5. What system governs social and economic status in India?
(a) Richardi.
(b) Miro.
(c) Caste.
(d) Chachaji.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cooks for Anjali's family?

2. What did Chachaji want to save when he was a boy once?

3. What does Anjali sometimes affectionately call Irfaan?

4. Who comes to Captain Brent asking for leniency for her son?

5. What is one of Masterji's features?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ma tell Anjali Ghandi has been trying to eliminate the idea of for years?

2. In Chapter 9, what story does Chachaji tell about standing up for something?

3. What is one difference between Anjali and Irfaan?

4. What does Anjali's Ma give to Mohan in Chapter 8?

5. Why does Anjali's Ma burn most of the family's clothes?

6. Who is Anjali surprised to hear is a Harijan, and why?

7. What alternative word to "untouchable" does Ma use?

8. What does Anjali do to express her anger against Brent Sahib?

9. Why is Anjali so mad at Brent Sahib in Chapter 1?

10. Who comes to beg Brent Sahib for leniency for her son in Chapter 1?

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