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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. What does Jai hear his Ma's hi-fi lady tell her over the phone in Part IV?

2. Where does Jai get his first paying job?

3. Who tells Jai's parents about the third child to disappear?

4. Who does Papa stand up to about the harm in causing divisions between Muslims and Hindus in Part IV?

5. Why does the T.V.-repair chacha think Bahadur hid all his money in the shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Jai's and Runu-Didi's parents angry with them towards the end of Part III?

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

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

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

5. What is Faiz worried about when Tariq-Bhai is arrested?

6. What does Naina tell Pari, Jai and Faiz about Aanchal when they visit her?

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

8. What news does Shanti-Chachi bring to Jai's household early in Part III that upsets everyone?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Shanti-Chachi's chiding of the reporters and other journalists who seek to exploit Jai's parents' tragedy say about the state of the media in India? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How does Jai feel about his one trip on the Purple Line Metro route with Pari, and what does this trip symbolize for him? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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