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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 Mohan say he would prefer to be called?
(a) Yarli.
(b) Pio.
(c) Rikit.
(d) Dalit.

2. In Chapter 7, what does Anjali have to do with Chachaji?
(a) Wash his feets.
(b) Cook for him.
(c) Read to him.
(d) Bow to him.

3. What does Anjali think is good luck?
(a) Chairs.
(b) Basil.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Peacock feathers.

4. What does Anjali's teacher do to discipline her?
(a) Pull her hair.
(b) Burn her books.
(c) Wrap her on the knuckles with the ruler.
(d) Break her pencil.

5. What did Irfaan's mother die from?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Tubercolosis.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Anjali about Keshavji?

2. What does Chachaji not want to eat?

3. What does Anjali sometimes affectionately call Irfaan?

4. Who is Anjali's best friend?

5. What does Baba do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is one difference between Anjali and Irfaan?

5. In Chapter 11, what does Anjali see Mohan has a talent for?

6. Why does Baba tell Anjali he is so loyal to Chachaji?

7. How does Chachaji treat Mohan?

8. Why does Anjali go to see Brent Sahib in Chapter 3?

9. What is Anjali's favorite piece of clothing?

10. In Chapter 11, what does the older woman in the basti tell Ma?

(see the answer keys)

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