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

2. What does Anjali give Ma in Chapter 24 to help keep her spirits up?
(a) Her jewelery.
(b) Her drawing from childhood of the legend.
(c) Her songs.
(d) Her journal.

3. What does Anjali say proves her mother's innocence in Chapter 28?
(a) That her mother is in jail but people are still rioting, so she can not be inciting violence.
(b) That her mother's bank account is still growing.
(c) That her mother's restaurant is still running.
(d) That her mother's school is still going.

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

5. In Chapter 22, what famous leader is in jail?
(a) Riki.
(b) Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) Ghandi.
(d) Beshavi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mohan sell his necklace to?

2. What does Anjali end up telling Suman directly in the end of Chapter 15?

3. In Chapter 21, why is school canceled?

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

5. Where do the parents say the Dalits have to sit in class?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who saves Anjali from the crowd and the police in Chapter 22?

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

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

4. What does Anjali tell the vegetable seller so upset that the ball has touched his vegetables?

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 24, why does Ma finally say she quit working for Brent Sahib?

10. What happens when Anjali and Ma first clean their own outhouse?

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