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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Faiz want to question first?

2. What does Jai plan on asking for at the railway station that he thinks might help them find Bahadur?

3. Who are the only ones who know Mental's real name?

4. How does Pari plan on returning her ticket money to Faiz?

5. How much money does Jai steal from the Parachute tub?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Jai's friend Faiz work part-time even though he is just a child?

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

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

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

10. What does Jai see Bahadur's Ma give the police and why does she give them this object?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think Anappara intends to convey to the reader about school leadership and the attitudes of adults in power towards children from poor neighborhoods through the character Kirpal-Sir? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Which people or groups of people exploit the tensions between Hindus and Muslims in Jai's basti and the surrounding areas for their own purposes, and how do they do this? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How do Jai and his friends seem to perceive Drunkard Laloo, and how do their perceptions of him stack up against the way adults treat him and the way he conducts himself in public? Write a journal entry explaining your answers.

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