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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Kirpal-Sir say more than any other word?
(a) Dismissed.
(b) Attention.
(c) Friends.
(d) Silence.
2. What does Omvir sometimes forget is a hi-fi building in Part II?
(a) Golden Gates.
(b) Palace Temple.
(c) Spring Street.
(d) Maple Towers.
3. What does Jai's family most often eat?
(a) Lamb curry.
(b) Rotis.
(c) Dal and rice.
(d) Samosas.
4. What does Jai feel "sticking" to himself in Bahadur's house, making him anxious to leave?
(a) Water.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Anger.
5. What does Pari do that Jai thinks might be a good idea for him to do, too?
(a) Keeps a notebook.
(b) Gets a job.
(c) Strength trains.
(d) Cooks for herself.
6. What does Jai think about the T.V.-repair chacha?
(a) He is very, very old.
(b) He seems suspicious.
(c) He seems very reluctant to talk with them.
(d) He is the nicest person Jai has ever met.
7. Who is the spirit who supposedly looks after young women?
(a) Junction-ki-Rani.
(b) Jindal.
(c) Peri.
(d) Fara.
8. Why does Faiz say he is not coming on the metro with Jai and Pari?
(a) He wants to go to school instead.
(b) He is scared of trains.
(c) He does not have the money.
(d) He thinks the kidnapper is a djinn and they will not find djinns on the Purple Line.
9. What does the old woman at the railway station try to give Pari and Jai?
(a) Money.
(b) A video.
(c) Tea.
(d) Sweets.
10. What term of affection does Jai's mother use for him in Part II?
(a) Theta.
(b) Beta.
(c) Mai.
(d) Chacho.
11. How does Bahadur feel about the T.V.-repair chacha?
(a) He feels indifferent to him.
(b) He does not like him at all.
(c) He wishes a man like him could have been his father.
(d) He is suspicious of him.
12. Who is an object of power and fascination in the basti?
(a) Netoal.
(b) Quarter.
(c) Faiz.
(d) Bhai.
13. What is the word for "settlement" in this novel?
(a) Rasti.
(b) Vai.
(c) Basti.
(d) Marun.
14. Who is Jai's sister?
(a) Shanti-Didi.
(b) Sari-Didi.
(c) Bhai-Didi.
(d) Runu-Didi.
15. Who does Jai tell his friends most people in India are kidnapped by?
(a) Strangers.
(b) Djinns.
(c) Friends.
(d) Family members.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do the boys call on Mental's protection after he dies?
2. Why does the spirit that supposedly protects girls and women do so?
3. Why does Jai think Quarter might possibly be the one snatching children?
4. Who are Jai's best friends?
5. Who was the kindly boss-man of about 20 children?
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