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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. Who are Jai's best friends?
(a) Tariq and Pari.
(b) Pari and Faiz.
(c) Bahadur and Omvir.
(d) Omvir and Tariq.

2. Who berates reporters for exploiting the grief of the parents whose children were snatched?
(a) Pari's Ma.
(b) Shanti-Chachi.
(c) Kirpal-Sir.
(d) Fatima.

3. What does Jai hear his Ma's hi-fi lady tell her over the phone in Part IV?
(a) She is fired.
(b) She is a terrible cook.
(c) She has one more chance.
(d) She can find a hundred people to do her job.

4. Who are the only ones who know Mental's real name?
(a) His best friends.
(b) His boys.
(c) His daughters.
(d) His wife.

5. What happened when Aanchal's father called her mobile after she went missing?
(a) She answered but was cut off.
(b) The phone rang inside his own house because Aanchal had left it there.
(c) A man answered.
(d) The phone never even rang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one neighbor say to Jai's parents about the future of the basti because of police involvement in the disappearance of children?

2. What day of the week does Jai work?

3. What does Kirpal-Sir say more than any other word?

4. What does Jai see as his first job as a detective?

5. Where do Jai and his friends often gather and wander?

(see the answer key)

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