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

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

3. What does Keshavji call Anjali as a term of affection?
(a) Beta.
(b) Riki.
(c) Marki.
(d) Holi.

4. In Chapter 15, what birds scavenge?
(a) Crows.
(b) Starlings.
(c) Blackbirds.
(d) Sparrows.

5. What does Ma eat in jail?
(a) Citrus fruit.
(b) Meat.
(c) Cold daal and rice.
(d) Bread only.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Jamuna tell Ma she feels about working for their family?

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

4. Who pulls Anjali out of danger in Chapter 22?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 16, what is a big part of Ma's plan to help the Dalits?

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

4. Who does Baba tell Anjali her Ma is like in order to demonstrate Ma's strength?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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