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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What rumor goes around about Aanchal's boyfriend?
(a) He is her age but very wealthy.
(b) He is a drug dealer.
(c) He is from Russia.
(d) He is much older and a Muslim.

3. What was Aanchal going to classes to learn?
(a) Math.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) English.
(d) Dental hygiene.

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

5. Why does Jai's boss sometimes pay him less than they agreed?
(a) Jai breaks some glasses.
(b) Jai loses some flowers.
(c) Jai offends the customers.
(d) Jai ruins some clothes.

6. Who is Aanchal's boyfriend?
(a) Raja.
(b) Jafa.
(c) Suraj.
(d) Jamie.

7. Who is one of Faiz's brothers who goes to the police to plead the family's case?
(a) Wajid-Bhai.
(b) Farid-Bhai.
(c) Rali-Bhai.
(d) Buna-Bhai.

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

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

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

11. What day of the week does Jai work?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

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

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

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

15. What does one of the Muslim children who gets snatched spend the milk money on?
(a) Video games.
(b) Golf.
(c) Sweets.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Faiz take since his brother is jailed?

2. What does Jai's mother tell him she has to go to work after all in Part IV?

3. What does Faiz say evil djinns are sometimes called?

4. Who does Papa stand up to about the harm in causing divisions between Muslims and Hindus in Part IV?

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

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