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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 Anjali try to hide from her mother in Chapter 1?
(a) The black paint on her arm.
(b) The blue paint on her hand.
(c) The green paint on her leg.
(d) The red paint on her foot.

2. What does Anjali's Ma give Mohan in Chapter 8?
(a) Almonds.
(b) Prasad.
(c) Korma.
(d) Rice.

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

4. Who does Baba say are the bravest people he knows?
(a) His father and his mother.
(b) Chachaji and his father.
(c) His mother and Anjali's Ma.
(d) Himself and Chachaji.

5. In Chapter 4, what does Anjali confess?
(a) Eating extra food.
(b) Painting the Q.
(c) Setting a fire.
(d) Stealing money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anjali's mother say about spinning?

2. Who does Ma say is going to join Ghandi's movement from their family?

3. What does Paro collect for Mohan?

4. Where does Ma teach spinning?

5. What does Anjali think is good luck?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are some Dalits very hesitant to accept Ma's and Anjali's gifts?

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

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

4. How does Anjali react when Anjali's Ma touches Mohan's broom?

5. What is Anjali's favorite place in her yard and why?

6. Who helps Anjali in her act of anger against Brent Sahib in Chapter 1?

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

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

9. How does Chachaji treat Mohan?

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

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