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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Runu sit with at the puja?
(a) Rini.
(b) Tara.
(c) Jindal.
(d) Rela.

2. Why is Jai so alarmed when Papa hits Runu?
(a) He has never hit any of them before.
(b) Ma asked Papa to hit Runu.
(c) Papa once promised never to hit them.
(d) He has hit Jai but not Runu before.

3. What does Jai call the dog he tries to befriend in Part III?
(a) Peri.
(b) Samosa.
(c) Jindal.
(d) Harvey.

4. Why does Jai not feel like gathering clues about the missing Muslim children?
(a) He has to concentrate on helping Faiz make money to feed his family instead.
(b) He does not care about Muslims, only Hindus.
(c) He does not think he will be able to find them no matter how much information he gathers.
(d) He has to concentrate on running instead.

5. What does one of the Muslim children who gets snatched spend the milk money on?
(a) Video games.
(b) Golf.
(c) Books.
(d) Sweets.

6. How does the baba bless people?
(a) By thumping them vigorously on the back.
(b) By pinching their ears.
(c) By tripping them.
(d) By cutting their hair.

7. What does the poster with photos of the missing children in Part IV say?
(a) Release Our Children Now.
(b) Find Our Children.
(c) Police Do Not Care.
(d) Kidnappers Going Down.

8. What is one thing Jai thinks there are too many of in Bhoot Bazaar?
(a) Rotis.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Ranas.
(d) Babas.

9. What rumor is going around about the third child to disappear?
(a) She was homeless.
(b) She was a brothel-lady.
(c) She had no mother or father.
(d) She owed some powerful people a lot of money.

10. What does Jai's Papa tell him when Jai worries about money?
(a) They will win the lottery soon.
(b) They are not going to starve.
(c) They need Runu-Didi to get a job now.
(d) They need Jai to get a job now.

11. Who is the third child to disappear?
(a) Peri.
(b) Jindal.
(c) Randi.
(d) Aanchal.

12. What was Aanchal going to classes to learn?
(a) English.
(b) Math.
(c) Dental hygiene.
(d) Chemistry.

13. What does Jai's and Runu's father tell them very seriously in Part III?
(a) Not to wander around alone.
(b) Not to steal money.
(c) To let all their stray pets go once and for all.
(d) Not to turn on the television at night.

14. What does Pari tell Jai's Ma she will help Jai with?
(a) Roping in his fantasies.
(b) Studying.
(c) Manners.
(d) Detective work.

15. What does Duttaram give Jai on his last day of work that surprises Jai?
(a) Fifty rupees for a train ticket.
(b) A new television.
(c) A new uniform.
(d) Twenty rupees to give to his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jai's plan for helping to find Omvir after he begins his new job in Part III?

2. What does Runu-Didi say that prompts her father to slap her?

3. Which sibling of aanchal's talks to Jai, Pari and Faiz?

4. Who is very upset that both Runu-Didi and Jai snuck out of the house while she was watching them in Part IV?

5. Who is one of Faiz's brothers who goes to the police to plead the family's case?

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