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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 say about Bahadur's disappearance?
(a) He will come back on his own by the next day.
(b) They never investigate the disappearance of poor children.
(c) They will look into it immediately.
(d) He probably ran away.

2. What does Jai think about the T.V.-repair chacha?
(a) He is very, very old.
(b) He seems suspicious.
(c) He is the nicest person Jai has ever met.
(d) He seems very reluctant to talk with them.

3. How do the boys call on Mental's protection after he dies?
(a) By calling his real name.
(b) By chanting a prayer in song.
(c) By offering him a blanket.
(d) By going to a spot where they used to meet.

4. What blocks Omvir's escape in Part II?
(a) Jai and Pari.
(b) A group of children.
(c) A pack of neighborhood cats.
(d) A silver SUV.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term of affection does Jai's mother use for him in Part II?

2. Why does the policeman tell Jai they do not arrest djinns?

3. Who does Faiz want to question first?

4. Where does Jai tell Pari he got the money for the train tickets?

5. What does Pari tell the person she asks about how to buy metro tickets?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is one of the most obvious signs of the pollution in Jai's city, and how do the residents deal with it?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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