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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Faiz take since his brother is jailed?
(a) A job at the tea shop.
(b) A job as a cook.
(c) A job selling things at the traffic junction.
(d) A job as a temple assistant.

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

3. What does Faiz call his mother?
(a) Mother.
(b) Ma.
(c) Mamo.
(d) Ammi.

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

5. 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 is fired.
(c) She is a terrible cook.
(d) She can find a hundred people to do her job.

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

7. Who tells Jai's parents about the third child to disappear?
(a) Shanti-Chachi.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Kirpal-Sir.
(d) Runu-Didi.

8. Why does Jai think Omvir's mother is always angry?
(a) Because Omvir is missing.
(b) She hates her boss.
(c) She has an angry baby.
(d) She has no money.

9. Who is very upset that both Runu-Didi and Jai snuck out of the house while she was watching them in Part IV?
(a) Shanti-Chachi.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Pari's Ma.
(d) Aanchal.

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

11. What does Aanchal threaten to do if the man who is harassing her does not stop?
(a) Run as fast as she can.
(b) Stab him.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Scream to wake the whole basti.

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

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

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

15. What deal do Runu and Jai make in Part III?
(a) They will both go to college somehow.
(b) Runu can go to training and Jai can go to work, and neither will tell on the other.
(c) They will both get jobs to help their parents pay bills.
(d) They will both steal money and return it together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jai get his first paying job?

2. Why does Jai get a job?

3. Who is the owner of the beloved pet who is brutally killed in Part IV?

4. What happened when Aanchal's father called her mobile after she went missing?

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

(see the answer keys)

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