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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Faiz say evil djinns are sometimes called?
(a) Shaitan.
(b) Fara.
(c) Jana.
(d) Rumi.

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

9. What is the subject of the Hindu poem Jai has to memorize in Part III?
(a) Love.
(b) The flowers.
(c) The rain.
(d) The moon.

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

11. What rumor is going around about the third child to disappear?
(a) She was a brothel-lady.
(b) She owed some powerful people a lot of money.
(c) She had no mother or father.
(d) She was homeless.

12. Which sibling of aanchal's talks to Jai, Pari and Faiz?
(a) Tyla.
(b) Ajay.
(c) Tariq.
(d) Chandi.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jai call the dog he tries to befriend in Part III?

2. What was Aanchal wearing when she disappeared?

3. What does Faiz call his mother?

4. What does Jai refer to as his mother's group of friends in their neighborhood?

5. What does Jai's Papa tell him when Jai worries about money?

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