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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. Who does Anjali ask to join her and the others in getting an education?
(a) Hiro.
(b) Mohan.
(c) Marki.
(d) Riki.

2. What list is Baba making?
(a) For the grocery store.
(b) Of places they can go and be safe.
(c) Of the planets.
(d) Of the bravest people he knows.

3. Where do the parents say the Dalits have to sit in class?
(a) In the front.
(b) All throughout.
(c) In the back.
(d) In the middle.

4. In Chapter 21, what does Anjali implore her parents not to do?
(a) Cook fresh food.
(b) Give up the good fight.
(c) Give money away.
(d) Spin khadi.

5. What is a tradition on Holi?
(a) The people go to church.
(b) The people throw color at each other.
(c) The people eat meat.
(d) The people sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 22, who is arrested?

2. What does Irfaan always give Anjali for Diwali?

3. What is used to hit a gilli?

4. In Chapter 23, whose work does Mohan say is living in Anjali?

5. Who tells Anjali she is as crazy as her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, why do Anjali and Ma start cleaning their own outhouse?

2. In Chapter 26, why does Ma look so ill?

3. What story does Mohan share about his own mother when Anjali's is arrested?

4. In Chapter 18, how is Irfaan treated badly?

5. Who tries to defend Anjali's mother but is arrested in the process?

6. What idea of Anjali's about her school is very controversial?

7. In Chapter 25, why does Mohan get beaten?

8. Who shows up for what is supposed to be the first day of school even though there are riots?

9. In Chapter 17, how does Ma tell Mangala's mother she first learned English?

10. What does Mohan say he overheard Suman saying about Anjali?

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