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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) Silence.
(c) Attention.
(d) Friends.

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

3. How does Pari plan on returning her ticket money to Faiz?
(a) By teaching cooking classes.
(b) By stealing food to give to him and his family.
(c) By working.
(d) She does not know.

4. What does Jai commonly have to queue for?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Phone calls.
(c) Meat.
(d) The toilets.

5. Where does Pari suggest getting money for train tickets?
(a) Asking Drunkard Laloo.
(b) Asking Faiz.
(c) Aking Jai's mother.
(d) Asking Bahadur's Ma.

6. Why do Jai, Pari, and Faiz get a few days off from school in Part II?
(a) Because of the heat.
(b) Because of the smog.
(c) Because of the kidnappings.
(d) Because of the flood.

7. Who is the second child to disappear, in Part II?
(a) Beri.
(b) Omvir.
(c) Chandi.
(d) Aanchal.

8. Who does Jai tell his friends most people in India are kidnapped by?
(a) Djinns.
(b) Family members.
(c) Friends.
(d) Strangers.

9. What does Pari do that Jai thinks might be a good idea for him to do, too?
(a) Keeps a notebook.
(b) Cooks for herself.
(c) Gets a job.
(d) Strength trains.

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

11. Who is Bahadur's Papa?
(a) Varun.
(b) Quarter.
(c) The Pradhan.
(d) Drunkard Laloo.

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

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

14. How do the boys call on Mental's protection after he dies?
(a) By calling his real name.
(b) By going to a spot where they used to meet.
(c) By chanting a prayer in song.
(d) By offering him a blanket.

15. What does Jai feel "sticking" to himself in Bahadur's house, making him anxious to leave?
(a) Anger.
(b) Water.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Sugar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Faiz work?

2. What does Omvir fear will happen to him if he does not get out of his basti?

3. Where does Bahadur's brother tell Jai and the others he used to talk about running away to?

4. What does Pari ask Kirpal-Sir to do in Part I that angers him?

5. Who is the spirit who supposedly looks after young women?

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