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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. Why does Faiz tell Pari and Jai not to tell anyone else about the T.V. repair shop?
(a) Because he wants credit if the chacha there is arrested.
(b) Everyone will think the T.V. repair chacha is the kidnapper because he is also a Muslim.
(c) Because he is afraid of losing his job at the shop.
(d) Because the T.V. repair chacha is his uncle.

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

3. What is the word commonly used to mean brothel in Part III (Pages 128-199)?
(a) Kotha.
(b) Theka.
(c) Frita.
(d) Tukka.

4. How does the baba bless people?
(a) By tripping them.
(b) By cutting their hair.
(c) By thumping them vigorously on the back.
(d) By pinching their ears.

5. What happened when Aanchal's father called her mobile after she went missing?
(a) She answered but was cut off.
(b) The phone rang inside his own house because Aanchal had left it there.
(c) The phone never even rang.
(d) A man answered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sibling of aanchal's talks to Jai, Pari and Faiz?

2. Why does Jai's boss sometimes pay him less than they agreed?

3. What does the policeman tell Pari when she threatens to expose the terrible conditions of the prison?

4. What does Jai tell Runu when she tells him not to wait for her to walk home from school together?

5. Who does Runu sit with at the puja?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deal do Runu-Didi and Jai make in Part IV?

2. What do Jai, Pari and Faiz eventually learn that Aanchal was doing regularly to better herself?

3. What does Jai do to earn back the money for the parachute tin, and how does this endeavor start?

4. Why do some people change their minds about the kidnappings being done by Muslims in Part IV?

5. What do some Hindus, including the pradhan, say about Muslims in Part IV?

6. What does Jai think about the T.V.-repair chacha?

7. Who does Jai's Ma work for and how is she treated at her work?

8. Who does Jai encounter while working at Duttaram's and how does he think this creature will help with his detective work?

9. Why does Papa hit Runu-Didi in Part IV?

10. Why is Aanchal's mobile phone of such interest to her family and to Jai, Pari, and Faiz?

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