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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does a chacha in the toilet line say that makes Jai feel like crying in Part III?
(a) Why is it so hard to find missing children?
(b) It is a sin to be hungry all the time.
(c) Why are the missing children's friends not doing more to try to find them?
(d) There is no greater misfortune than to outlive your child.

7. What does Ma accuse Runu-Didi of doing aside from running?
(a) Having a job on the side.
(b) Taking college chemistry classes in secret.
(c) Having some kind of inappropriate relationship or intentions with her coach.
(d) Taking cooking classes in secret.

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

9. Where does Jai get his first paying job?
(a) The Florist.
(b) The Dal shop.
(c) The clothing store.
(d) Duttaram's tea shop.

10. What was Aanchal wearing when she disappeared?
(a) A yellow kurta.
(b) A wedding dress for a photo shoot.
(c) A red sari.
(d) A pantsuit.

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

12. Who does Papa stand up to about the harm in causing divisions between Muslims and Hindus in Part IV?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Quarter.
(c) The Praja.
(d) Kirpal-Sir.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faiz call his mother?

2. What rumor goes around about Aanchal's boyfriend?

3. What does one of the Muslim children who is snatched wear because he thinks it makes him look cool?

4. What does Jai think is the worst thing about the poem he has to learn?

5. Who does Runu sit with at the puja?

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