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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. What rumor goes around about Aanchal's boyfriend?
(a) He is her age but very wealthy.
(b) He is a drug dealer.
(c) He is much older and a Muslim.
(d) He is from Russia.

2. What are the names of the two Muslim children who were snatched?
(a) Dira and Shanti.
(b) Kabir and Khadifa.
(c) Sahar and Yohola.
(d) Runu and Dira.

3. What are the two things Jai's Ma removes from her bundle of valuable possessions?
(a) The rolling pin and roti board.
(b) The gun.
(c) Her best sari.
(d) The picture of the family.

4. What prompts Jai's Papa to tell him that the missing children are not a game?
(a) When children's bodies start turning up.
(b) When two Musalman children go missing soon after Christmas.
(c) When his cousin goes missing.
(d) When the police really do start talking about bulldozing the basti.

5. What does Jai's Papa tell him when Jai worries about money?
(a) They need Runu-Didi to get a job now.
(b) They are not going to starve.
(c) They will win the lottery soon.
(d) They need Jai to get a job now.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is very upset that both Runu-Didi and Jai snuck out of the house while she was watching them in Part IV?

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

3. What is Jai's plan for helping to find Omvir after he begins his new job in Part III?

4. Who is Bahadur's Papa?

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

(see the answer key)

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