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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 266 - 338).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the Hindu poem Jai has to memorize in Part III?
(a) Love.
(b) The flowers.
(c) The moon.
(d) The rain.

2. Why is Jai so alarmed when Papa hits Runu?
(a) Papa once promised never to hit them.
(b) Ma asked Papa to hit Runu.
(c) He has hit Jai but not Runu before.
(d) He has never hit any of them before.

3. What term of affection does Jai's mother use for him in Part II?
(a) Beta.
(b) Chacho.
(c) Theta.
(d) Mai.

4. What does Duttaram offer to Jai's Ma when they come asking about Runu?
(a) Rice.
(b) Tea.
(c) Roti.
(d) Free internet.

5. What rumor is going around about the third child to disappear?
(a) She was a brothel-lady.
(b) She owed some powerful people a lot of money.
(c) She had no mother or father.
(d) She was homeless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jai call the dog he tries to befriend in Part III?

2. What does Jai's and Runu's father tell them very seriously in Part III?

3. What does Jai see Bahadur's mother give to the policeman?

4. What does the old woman at the railway station try to give Pari and Jai?

5. Why does Faiz say he is not coming on the metro with Jai and Pari?

(see the answer key)

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