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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 tie around her and Anjali's faces in Chapter 15?
(a) Scarves.
(b) Rinds.
(c) Hats.
(d) Towels.

2. Who tells Anjali she is as crazy as her mother?
(a) Nirmala.
(b) Anasuya.
(c) Masterji.
(d) Mangala.

3. How did Ma first learn English?
(a) She taught herself.
(b) Television.
(c) Overhearing her brother's private tutor.
(d) Radio.

4. Who comes to find Paro in Chapter 21?
(a) Mohan.
(b) Hari.
(c) Riki.
(d) Faro.

5. What does Irfaan want to get engraved?
(a) A piece of jewelry.
(b) A pitcher.
(c) His spoon.
(d) His shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does someone paint on Anjali's family's property?

2. In Chapter 19, what creatures does Anjali free from the fire?

3. Who does Anjali ask for help again in Chapter 28?

4. Who is Anjali embarrassed in front of who sees her and Ma transporting waste in Chapter 15?

5. Whose Uncle was a freedom fighter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 18, what news does Suresh Mama's letter bring?

3. What do the parents insist upon if the Dalits come to school at Anjali's school?

4. In Chapter 21, what ruins what was supposed to be the Dalits' first day of school?

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 26, what does Mohan do after he is badly beaten?

9. In Chapter 24, what does Ma say she eats in prison?

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

(see the answer keys)

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