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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who are Jai's best friends?
(a) Omvir and Tariq.
(b) Bahadur and Omvir.
(c) Pari and Faiz.
(d) Tariq and Pari.

3. What does one have to do to get the spirit's protection that is known for protecting girls and women?
(a) Call out a special prayer.
(b) Leave her an offering.
(c) Just think of her.
(d) Turn in a circle three times.

4. What do Pari, Jai and Faiz ask Bahadur's Ma for?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Tea.
(d) A photo of him.

5. What blocks Omvir's escape in Part II?
(a) Jai and Pari.
(b) A pack of neighborhood cats.
(c) A silver SUV.
(d) A group of children.

6. Where does Quarter spend nearly every night?
(a) The tea shop.
(b) The lake.
(c) The video game arcade.
(d) The theka.

7. Who do some children tell Pari and Jai they should talk to about finding Bahadur when they take the Purple Line train?
(a) Gurr.
(b) Fara.
(c) Jindal.
(d) Peri.

8. Why does the policeman tell Jai they do not arrest djinns?
(a) The djinns would curse the police.
(b) The jails cannot hold them.
(c) There are no such thing as djinns.
(d) The djinns would just break out.

9. What does Omvir fear will happen to him if he does not get out of his basti?
(a) He will follow in his father's footsteps and be an unhappy, financially insecure man.
(b) He will never be a good chef.
(c) He will never finish school.
(d) He will never fulfill his dreams of being a famous runner.

10. Where does Bahadur sometimes work?
(a) A tea shop.
(b) A book shop.
(c) An electronics repair shop.
(d) A bike repair shop.

11. What does Jai appreciate about the way Runu-Didi is at school with him?
(a) She intercedes with teachers on his behalf.
(b) She pretends she does not know him.
(c) She buys his lunch for him.
(d) She looks out for him.

12. 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.

13. What is a terrible sign of pollution in Jai's city?
(a) Dog poop.
(b) Smog.
(c) Burning trash.
(d) The rain is green.

14. Where do Bahadur's siblings suggest Jai, Pari and Faiz look for Bahadur?
(a) The tea shop.
(b) The school.
(c) The railway station.
(d) The running fields.

15. What does Bahadur's Ma say about his personality?
(a) He is too trusting.
(b) He is very smart.
(c) He has a heart of gold.
(d) He is quite mischievous.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the boys call on Mental's protection after he dies?

2. Who is the second child to disappear, in Part II?

3. What does Jai's Ma wrap in her bedsheet?

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

5. What does Pari tell the person she asks about how to buy metro tickets?

(see the answer keys)

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