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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Faiz find out where Aanchal's house is?
(a) From his brother.
(b) From shopkeepers.
(c) From Aanchal's sister.
(d) From his boss.

2. What does Jai tell Runu when she tells him not to wait for her to walk home from school together?
(a) To go eat dung.
(b) To go get kidnapped.
(c) To go make her music.
(d) To pick ticks off of her coach-boyfriend's balls.

3. Where does one of the Muslim siblings have to go to find the other in Part IV?
(a) The sweet shop.
(b) The tea shop.
(c) The sports field.
(d) The video-gaming parlor.

4. Who waits with Runu-Didi and Jai at their house until their mother gets home on the last day of the year?
(a) Pari's Ma.
(b) Kirpal-Sir.
(c) Shanti-Chachi.
(d) Fatima.

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

6. What is the subject of the Hindu poem Jai has to memorize in Part III?
(a) The moon.
(b) The flowers.
(c) The rain.
(d) Love.

7. Why does Jai get a job?
(a) To give to Runu-Didi for her new uniform.
(b) To give to Faiz for his family's food.
(c) To replace the money he took from the Parachute tub.
(d) To pay for school.

8. What form do djinns sometimes take, according to legends?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A black dog, cat, or snake.
(c) A tiger or dolphin.
(d) A leopard.

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

10. What does Jai hear his Ma's hi-fi lady tell her over the phone in Part IV?
(a) She has one more chance.
(b) She can find a hundred people to do her job.
(c) She is a terrible cook.
(d) She is fired.

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

12. What does Jai steal from a plate at work one of his first days there?
(a) A mint.
(b) A roti.
(c) A nankhati.
(d) A cookie.

13. Why does Ma think Runu-Didi is late coming home in Part IV?
(a) She is eating dinner at aTara's house.
(b) She is just studying at the library.
(c) She is eating dinner at coach's house.
(d) She is angry about the fight she had with them and about Papa hitting her.

14. Why does Jai think his mother is trying to make him feel guilty in Part IV?
(a) She is mad at Drunkard Laloo.
(b) She is afraid of her hi-fi madam boss.
(c) She is sorry she did not become a teacher like she wanted to.
(d) She is sore from working all the time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tariq-Bhai say the police should use to track Aanchal's phone?

2. Why does Jai think Omvir's mother is always angry?

3. What does Christmas day also mean for Jai's family?

4. What terrible thing happens in Faiz's family in Part IV?

5. How does the baba bless people?

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