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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 is Boori Ma's main job at the building where she lives?
(a) Cleaning the bedding.
(b) Sweeping the stairs.
(c) Washing the toilets.
(d) Cooking the food.

2. Lilia's father wonders if she is learning about what in school?
(a) Partition.
(b) Wars in India.
(c) American Revolution.
(d) New England foliage.

3. Mr. Pirzada sends Lilia's family a card for what occasion?
(a) Hindu New Year.
(b) Muslim New Year.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Christmas.

4. How many daughters does Mr. Pirzada have?
(a) Three.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

5. How old is Shukumar?
(a) 27.
(b) 35.
(c) 33.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important function did the residents think Boori Ma did for them?

2. What was the name of the friend who drove Shoba to the hospital?

3. What gets stolen from the building while Boori Ma is away for the afternoon?

4. What does Mr. Das do for a living?

5. Where is the Das family from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Without the Dalals around to protect her, what happens to Boori Ma?

2. Why does Mr. Pirzada offer to go trick-or-treating with Lilia?

3. What do Shoba and Shukumar tell each other the second night of the telling game?

4. What devastating secret does Shukumar tell Shoba during the telling game to hurt her?

5. What do the residents of the building think about Boori Ma?

6. What secret does Mina Das reveal to Mr. Kapasi?

7. What are the rituals Mr. Pirzada follows nightly?

8. What happens after Mr. Pirzada returns to Pakistan?

9. Why does Shukumar not look forward to the weekends when Shoba is home?

10. How do the Das family look to Mr. Kapasi?

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