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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jai's Ma wrap in her bedsheet?
(a) Dog food.
(b) Her one bangle.
(c) Their valuables.
(d) Her hair treatment.

2. What does Jai appreciate about the way Runu-Didi is at school with him?
(a) She pretends she does not know him.
(b) She intercedes with teachers on his behalf.
(c) She looks out for him.
(d) She buys his lunch for him.

3. How does Pari plan on returning her ticket money to Faiz?
(a) By teaching cooking classes.
(b) She does not know.
(c) By stealing food to give to him and his family.
(d) By working.

4. Why do Omvir's classmates not have much to say about him?
(a) He is hardly ever at school.
(b) He blends in very well.
(c) He is very shy.
(d) He goes by a different name.

5. Who is the second child to disappear, in Part II?
(a) Chandi.
(b) Aanchal.
(c) Beri.
(d) Omvir.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Bahadur's siblings suggest Jai, Pari and Faiz look for Bahadur?

2. Where does Pari suggest getting money for train tickets?

3. Why does Faiz say he is not coming on the metro with Jai and Pari?

4. What does Jai value most in his house?

5. What does Jai tell the policeman after looking at his shoes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jai's friend Faiz work part-time even though he is just a child?

2. Why does Kirpal-Sir send Jai away from school?

3. What does Jai see Bahadur's Ma give the police and why does she give them this object?

4. Where does Bahadur spent a lot of his time when he is not home, and why does he spend time in this place?

5. What does Jai think of his friend Pari, in general?

6. What is Jai's and his friends' first job as "detectives" and why is this?

7. How does Jai get along with Runu-Didi and how would you describe their relationship?

8. Where do Pari and Jai decide to go to try to find Bahadur in Part II and how do they get there?

9. How do children ask for Mental's protection after he dies?

10. What does Jai do in Part II that he feels very guilty about afterwards, and why?

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