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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of television shows does Jai like the best?
(a) Cartoons from America.
(b) Science fiction shows.
(c) Romances.
(d) Detective and police shows.

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

3. What does Jai think about the T.V.-repair chacha?
(a) He seems suspicious.
(b) He is the nicest person Jai has ever met.
(c) He seems very reluctant to talk with them.
(d) He is very, very old.

4. Why does the spirit that supposedly protects girls and women do so?
(a) She is paid to protect girls and women.
(b) She was tasked to do it by a God.
(c) She was killed by an evil man herself.
(d) Her own daughter was killed.

5. Who was the kindly boss-man of about 20 children?
(a) Mental.
(b) Quarter.
(c) Baiz.
(d) Pradhan.

6. Who is the first child to disappear?
(a) Omvir.
(b) Rhadan.
(c) Bahadur.
(d) Pari.

7. Where does Jai's Ma keep her extra money?
(a) Under the loose floorboard.
(b) The rock under the bed.
(c) The tin box.
(d) The Parachute tub.

8. What does Jai call his mother's boss?
(a) A Vairun.
(b) A Shopsti.
(c) A Hi-Fi lady.
(d) A Ronhan.

9. Where does Faiz work?
(a) The kirana store.
(b) The phone shop.
(c) The flower-seller's.
(d) The tea shop.

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

11. What did Jai's Ma trade Runu's gold-plated medal for running for?
(a) A two-liter bottle of sunflower oil.
(b) A five-pound bag of rice.
(c) A new water heater.
(d) A nice restaurant meal out.

12. Where does Bahadur's brother tell Jai and the others he used to talk about running away to?
(a) Jaira.
(b) Manali.
(c) New Dheli.
(d) Kerala.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jai tell Pari he got the money for the train tickets?

2. Who does Jai tell his friends most people in India are kidnapped by?

3. What does Kirpal-Sir say more than any other word?

4. What does Omvir sometimes forget is a hi-fi building in Part II?

5. Which transport hub does Jai live near?

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