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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 is Amisha sick in Chapter 8?
(a) She has the flu.
(b) She had too much to eat.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She has an unknown virus.

2. Why did Deepak not sell the school, according to Ravi?
(a) It burned down.
(b) It was haunted.
(c) It was not his to sell.
(d) Deepak wanted to give it to Ravi.

3. At what age was Amisha pulled out of school?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 18.
(d) 8.

4. What does Amisha ask her class?
(a) What is the fastest way to heaven.
(b) Why is is useful to learn Hindi.
(c) Where stories come from.
(d) Why it is useful to learn English.

5. What does Ravi tell Amisha concerning the new British school?
(a) That he wants to attend.
(b) That she should attend.
(c) That he hates the British Raj.
(d) That it would be ridiculous for Amisha to attend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jaya's job?

2. What does Stephen tell Amisha about his brother?

3. Why does Jaya not remove her wedding ring in Chapter 26?

4. What does Jaya's mother tell her when she calls home in Chapter 27?

5. Why does Ravi think that he cannot die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Chara become kinder to Amisha before dying?

2. What does Jaya announce to her mother in Chapter 27?

3. What writing prompt does Amisha give her class on her first day as a teacher?

4. Why must Jaya and Patrick wait another year to have a child?

5. What are the contents of Amisha's Christmas gift to Stephen?

6. What does Jaya see in the road when she takes a taxi to her grandfather's village?

7. Why did Jaya's mother take her bike away when Jaya was a child?

8. What does Stephen tell Amisha about his brother on the first day of school?

9. What does Neema's father tell Amisha about her class?

10. Where does Jaya go to make international phone calls while in India?

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