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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 does Jai tell the policeman after looking at his shoes?
(a) There is a shoe shop nearby.
(b) They look like they are the same size.
(c) Jai loves the policeman's shoes.
(d) There is a cobbler nearby.

2. What does Bahadur imagine his mother rubbing his chest with when he is sick?
(a) Cortisone Cream.
(b) Vaseline.
(c) Lard.
(d) Vicks Vapo Rub.

3. What is Faiz worried about paying in Part IV?
(a) His food bill at the end of the month to the school.
(b) His mother's bail.
(c) The fine for his bike being in the road too long.
(d) Tariq-Bhai's lawyer's fees.

4. What does Jai refer to as his mother's group of friends in their neighborhood?
(a) Ma's clatsch.
(b) Ma's basti-ladies' network.
(c) Ma's hotline.
(d) Ma's group.

5. Why does Jai's boss sometimes pay him less than they agreed?
(a) Jai ruins some clothes.
(b) Jai breaks some glasses.
(c) Jai offends the customers.
(d) Jai loses some flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is an object of power and fascination in the basti?

2. Why does Faiz tell Pari and Jai not to tell anyone else about the T.V. repair shop?

3. What does Runu-Didi tell Jai about the kidnapper's motivations to scare Jai?

4. Why does the spirit that supposedly protects girls and women do so?

5. Who waits with Runu-Didi and Jai at their house until their mother gets home on the last day of the year?

(see the answer key)

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