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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 one have to do to get the spirit's protection that is known for protecting girls and women?
(a) Leave her an offering.
(b) Just think of her.
(c) Turn in a circle three times.
(d) Call out a special prayer.

2. What do the police sometimes threaten for Jai's basti?
(a) To demolish it.
(b) To arrest everyone.
(c) To spray it with chemicals.
(d) To take all the vehicles away.

3. What is a terrible sign of pollution in Jai's city?
(a) The rain is green.
(b) Smog.
(c) Burning trash.
(d) Dog poop.

4. Who are Jai's best friends?
(a) Omvir and Tariq.
(b) Bahadur and Omvir.
(c) Tariq and Pari.
(d) Pari and Faiz.

5. Who is Jai's sister?
(a) Shanti-Didi.
(b) Bhai-Didi.
(c) Runu-Didi.
(d) Sari-Didi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the T.V.-repair chacha's name?

2. What does one neighbor say to Jai's parents about the future of the basti because of police involvement in the disappearance of children?

3. Who was the kindly boss-man of about 20 children?

4. What does Pari do that Jai thinks might be a good idea for him to do, too?

5. What does Jai appreciate about the way Runu-Didi is at school with him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Quarter a figure of power and mystique?

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

4. What does a woman at the train station in Part II try to give Jai and Pari and who intervenes?

5. How does Bahadur's mother react to Jai, Pari, and Faiz asking to help find him?

6. What does Junction-Ki-Rani reportedly do for young women?

7. What is Runu-Didi's dream and how do others feel about this dream?

8. Who do Jai and his friends start to think might have kidnapped Bahadur early in Part II?

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

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

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