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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jai's mother tell him she has to go to work after all in Part IV?
(a) They will starve if she does not work.
(b) She has to work or she will be jailed.
(c) All the television he watches is not free.
(d) She has to work because Jai's father can not work.

2. What does Christmas day also mean for Jai's family?
(a) It is the day of the Hindu Samaj puja to ask their gods to vanquish the great evil in the basti.
(b) The day of blessing the clothes.
(c) The day taxes are due.
(d) The day of big exams.

3. What important test did Aanchal fail?
(a) Her tenth-standard exams.
(b) Her college entry exams.
(c) Her chemistry exams.
(d) Her dental exams.

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

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

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

7. Why is Jai so alarmed when Papa hits Runu?
(a) He has never hit any of them before.
(b) He has hit Jai but not Runu before.
(c) Ma asked Papa to hit Runu.
(d) Papa once promised never to hit them.

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

14. 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 did not want his father Drunkard Laloo to find it.
(d) He was saving it for a train ticket.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the third child to disappear?

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

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

4. What does one of the Muslim children who gets snatched spend the milk money on?

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

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