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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 had Runu considered Jai with from when he was born?
(a) A blend of love and suspicion.
(b) A blend of jealousy and love.
(c) A blend of jealousy and hurt.
(d) A blend of loathing and admiration.

2. What is the word for "settlement" in this novel?
(a) Vai.
(b) Marun.
(c) Rasti.
(d) Basti.

3. What does Jai think of Runu-Didi as in Part III?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His ticket out of the basti.
(c) The ruiner of his happiness.
(d) His second mother.

4. What does the old woman at the railway station try to give Pari and Jai?
(a) Sweets.
(b) A video.
(c) Tea.
(d) Money.

5. Who is the first child to disappear?
(a) Pari.
(b) Rhadan.
(c) Omvir.
(d) Bahadur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jai's Ma tell him the hi-fi people are trying to get rid of?

2. Where does Bahadur's brother say Bahadur liked to go after school?

3. What do Pari, Jai and Faiz ask Bahadur's Ma for?

4. What did Jai ask a djinn just before Runu-Didi disappears?

5. Why does Jai feel guilty about Runu-Didi's disappearance?

(see the answer key)

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