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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Runu-Didi say that prompts her father to slap her?
(a) She asks her parents why they had Jai if they could not look after him.
(b) She tells her parents she will go to college no matter what.
(c) She tells her parents she is running away.
(d) She tells her parents they are poor and ignorant.

2. In Part IV, what beloved pet is killed in a brutal way?
(a) Tuttle.
(b) Samosa.
(c) Riki.
(d) Buffalo-Baba.

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

4. How does Jai refer to Omvir's Ma's baby?
(a) The pretty-baby.
(b) The angel baby.
(c) The killer-baby.
(d) The boxer-baby.

5. What is Runu-Didi particularly good at in running?
(a) Her sense of team spirit.
(b) Her style.
(c) Her endurance.
(d) Passing and receiving the baton.

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

7. Who is the fourth child to disappear?
(a) Fabrir.
(b) Kaiz.
(c) Mai.
(d) Chandni.

8. Where did Aanchal study English?
(a) Let's Talk in Angrezi.
(b) Fribina in Kerala.
(c) TOEFL in Ankara.
(d) Language School in Agred.

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

10. What happens to Chandni's Ma at the police station?
(a) The police beat her.
(b) She got lost on the way home.
(c) The police told her they would do everything they could.
(d) The mob grabbed her and told her to go home.

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

12. What are the two things Jai's Ma removes from her bundle of valuable possessions?
(a) The gun.
(b) Her best sari.
(c) The picture of the family.
(d) The rolling pin and roti board.

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

14. What do the Christmas holidays mean for Jai and his friends?
(a) More time to study.
(b) More time to work.
(c) More time to watch suspects who are not djinns.
(d) More time to eat.

15. What does Bottle-Badshah do?
(a) He is a sweet-shop owner.
(b) He is a priest.
(c) He is a tea-shop owner.
(d) He is a scrap-dealer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jai hear his Ma's hi-fi lady tell her over the phone in Part IV?

2. What is Faiz worried about paying in Part IV?

3. Who waits with Runu-Didi and Jai at their house until their mother gets home on the last day of the year?

4. Who tells Jai's parents about the third child to disappear?

5. What day of the week does Jai work?

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