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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 is the name of Anjali's cow?
(a) Nandini.
(b) Manini.
(c) Moribi.
(d) Rivivi.

2. What color is the door to the outhouse?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

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

4. What does Anjali's Ma do with their clothes?
(a) Tear them.
(b) GIve them away.
(c) Beat them.
(d) Burn them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people wear for Diwali?

2. Where does Anjali say Mohan should sell his necklaces?

3. Why does Anasuya's mother get mad?

4. In Chapter 9, who is one leader of the Freedom Movement?

5. What does Anjali paint on the wall of the compound in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Which extended family member lives with Anjali's family?

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

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

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

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

7. How do both Anjali and her Baba react to Anjali's Ma burning their clothes?

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

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

10. What does Baba say the "Quit India" movement is?

(see the answer keys)

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