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

2. What term of affection does Jai's mother use for him in Part II?
(a) Mai.
(b) Theta.
(c) Chacho.
(d) Beta.

3. Where does Jai's Ma keep her extra money?
(a) Under the loose floorboard.
(b) The tin box.
(c) The rock under the bed.
(d) The Parachute tub.

4. Why does Jai tell policemen he is out of school in Part I?
(a) Because he needs to help his Ma.
(b) Because he has digestive problems.
(c) Because he was kicked out.
(d) Because he works.

5. Why does the policeman tell Jai they do not arrest djinns?
(a) The jails cannot hold them.
(b) There are no such thing as djinns.
(c) The djinns would curse the police.
(d) The djinns would just break out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jai call his mother's boss?

2. Why do Omvir's classmates not have much to say about him?

3. Where does Quarter spend nearly every night?

4. Which transport hub does Jai live near?

5. What does Jai's family most often eat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the first child to disappear from Jai's basti and why do people fail to take it seriously at first?

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

4. What television shows does Jai like the most, and why?

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

6. What does Omvir's father do and what does Omvir resent about his life?

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

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

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

10. How did Mental treat the children who worked for him?

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