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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 200 - 265).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Duttaram ask Jai to deliver tea in Part III?
(a) The penthouse.
(b) The courts.
(c) A jewelry shop.
(d) The school.

2. What does the policeman tell Pari when she threatens to expose the terrible conditions of the prison?
(a) If it goes on television, maybe they will get a real lock-up.
(b) He will arrest her soon too.
(c) She should be seen and not heard.
(d) He knows all the television reporters.

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

4. Who is the owner of the beloved pet who is brutally killed in Part IV?
(a) Jai.
(b) Faiz.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Pari.

5. What does one neighbor say to Jai's parents about the future of the basti because of police involvement in the disappearance of children?
(a) They will all be thrown in jail.
(b) They will all lose their pets.
(c) They will all be beaten.
(d) They will lose their homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week does Jai work?

2. What does Bahadur's Ma say about his personality?

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

4. What does Bahadur imagine his mother rubbing his chest with when he is sick?

5. What does Runu-Didi say that prompts her father to slap her?

(see the answer key)

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