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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jai not feel like gathering clues about the missing Muslim children?
(a) He does not think he will be able to find them no matter how much information he gathers.
(b) He has to concentrate on helping Faiz make money to feed his family instead.
(c) He does not care about Muslims, only Hindus.
(d) He has to concentrate on running instead.

2. What does Jai's Ma tell him the hi-fi people are trying to get rid of?
(a) The toilet stalls.
(b) The bastis like theirs.
(c) The rickshaws.
(d) The rubbish ground.

3. What does one of the Muslim children who is snatched wear because he thinks it makes him look cool?
(a) Leather pants.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) A sports jersey.
(d) A denim jacket.

4. What is Jai's plan for helping to find Omvir after he begins his new job in Part III?
(a) He wants to have the stray dog he befriends, Samosa, track Omvir.
(b) He wants to use his money to put up posters of Omvir.
(c) He wants to interview all the pradhans about Omvir.
(d) He wants to get all the CCTV footage from the schools.

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

10. Who is the third child to disappear?
(a) Randi.
(b) Jindal.
(c) Peri.
(d) Aanchal.

11. 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 pay for school.
(d) To replace the money he took from the Parachute tub.

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

13. Why does Faiz tell Pari and Jai not to tell anyone else about the T.V. repair shop?
(a) Because the T.V. repair chacha is his uncle.
(b) Because he is afraid of losing his job at the shop.
(c) Because he wants credit if the chacha there is arrested.
(d) Everyone will think the T.V. repair chacha is the kidnapper because he is also a Muslim.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Aanchal study English?

2. What was Aanchal going to classes to learn?

3. What does Runu-Didi say that prompts her father to slap her?

4. What does Jai steal from a plate at work one of his first days there?

5. Who waits with Runu-Didi and Jai at their house until their mother gets home on the last day of the year?

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