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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Up and Out, Chapters 15-17, and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The text glosses the word “chaukanna” as which of the following?
(a) Awake.
(b) Alert.
(c) Aloft.
(d) Asleep.

2. To the residents of which area does the author acknowledge deepest debt?
(a) Naikwadi.
(b) Saianna.
(c) Annawadi.
(d) Saiwadi.

3. As which of the following does Cynthia claim to work?
(a) Social worker.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Line cook.
(d) Perfumer.

4. In which of the following do the Husains hope to live?
(a) Thane.
(b) Vasai.
(c) Bhiwandi.
(d) Saphale.

5. Which of the following political colleagues spurns Asha?
(a) Geeta.
(b) Myra.
(c) Reena.
(d) Kashvi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is noted as the worst of the extortionate constables?

2. What is the name of the local orphanage?

3. For which of the following was the author a reporter?

4. What country’s economy had been growing faster than India’s at the beginning of the book?

5. To what caste does Asha belong?

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