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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. Who is very upset that both Runu-Didi and Jai snuck out of the house while she was watching them in Part IV?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Shanti-Chachi.
(c) Pari's Ma.
(d) Aanchal.

2. What does Jai's mother tell him she has to go to work after all in Part IV?
(a) She has to work because Jai's father can not work.
(b) All the television he watches is not free.
(c) She has to work or she will be jailed.
(d) They will starve if she does not work.

3. What does Runu-Didi say that prompts her father to slap her?
(a) She asks her parents why they had Jai if they could not look after him.
(b) She tells her parents she is running away.
(c) She tells her parents they are poor and ignorant.
(d) She tells her parents she will go to college no matter what.

4. What does Jai refer to as his mother's group of friends in their neighborhood?
(a) Ma's basti-ladies' network.
(b) Ma's clatsch.
(c) Ma's hotline.
(d) Ma's group.

5. How does Faiz find out where Aanchal's house is?
(a) From Aanchal's sister.
(b) From his boss.
(c) From his brother.
(d) From shopkeepers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the Muslim children who gets snatched spend the milk money on?

2. What deal do Runu and Jai make in Part III?

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

4. Why does Faiz tell Pari and Jai not to tell anyone else about the T.V. repair shop?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Part IV that shocks and appals Jai's basti?

2. Why is Faiz's brother Tariq-Bhai arrested?

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

4. What are the rumors Jai starts hearing about Aanchal?

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

6. How does Jai react to the disappearance of Runu-Didi in Part IV?

7. What problem do the basti residents have with the police as more children are disappearing?

8. In the section in Part III that explains what happened to Aanchal, what made her very uncomfortable on the night she disappeared?

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

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

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