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

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

3. What does Anjali end up telling Suman directly in the end of Chapter 15?
(a) She just ate prasad.
(b) She just learned how to play the guitar.
(c) She just changed her clothes.
(d) She just cleaned her toilet.

4. In Chapter 25, why does the crowd beat Mohan?
(a) He prayed in the street.
(b) He ate from their dish.
(c) He tried to give Suman a necklace.
(d) For no reason.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what birds scavenge?

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

3. Why will the merchant not want to engrave Irfaan's item?

4. What is another word for neighborhood?

5. In Chapter 17, who says Dalits do not need to learn?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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