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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Duttaram ask Jai to deliver tea in Part III?
(a) The school.
(b) The courts.
(c) The penthouse.
(d) A jewelry shop.

2. What does Faiz say evil djinns are sometimes called?
(a) Shaitan.
(b) Rumi.
(c) Fara.
(d) Jana.

3. Why does the T.V.-repair chacha think Bahadur hid all his money in the shop?
(a) He was saving it for college.
(b) He did not want his father Drunkard Laloo to find it.
(c) He was saving it for food.
(d) He was saving it for a train ticket.

4. What does Jai's Ma tell him the hi-fi people are trying to get rid of?
(a) The rickshaws.
(b) The toilet stalls.
(c) The bastis like theirs.
(d) The rubbish ground.

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

6. Which friend lied and told Aanchal's family she had been with her the day she disappeared?
(a) Peri.
(b) Jindal.
(c) Naina.
(d) Runu.

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

8. What does Jai refer to as his mother's group of friends in their neighborhood?
(a) Ma's group.
(b) Ma's basti-ladies' network.
(c) Ma's clatsch.
(d) Ma's hotline.

9. What does Jai think is the worst thing about the poem he has to learn?
(a) It has too many words.
(b) It does not answer its own questions.
(c) It does not even rhyme.
(d) It is like a song.

10. What terrible thing happens in Faiz's family in Part IV?
(a) His sister is snatched.
(b) His mother dies.
(c) His brother Tariq-Bhai is arrested.
(d) He is expelled from school.

11. What is the word commonly used to mean brothel in Part III (Pages 128-199)?
(a) Frita.
(b) Theka.
(c) Kotha.
(d) Tukka.

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

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

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

15. What does Tariq-Bhai say the police should use to track Aanchal's phone?
(a) A special super-tracker.
(b) An IMEI number.
(c) A sim code
(d) GPS.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jai get his first paying job?

2. What was Aanchal wearing when she disappeared?

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

4. How do the basti people generally treat the baba in Part IV?

5. What happens to Chandni's Ma at the police station?

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