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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 Holi?
(a) An Indian pop band.
(b) An ancient Hindu festival of color.
(c) A type of animal native to Indian.
(d) An Indian appetizer.

2. To what statue does Amisha pray in Chapter 13?
(a) Lord Krishna.
(b) Lord Shiva.
(c) Lord Ganesha.
(d) Lord Vishnu.

3. Why did the teacher hit Jay's hand?
(a) He called the teacher fat.
(b) He insulted the teacher's accent.
(c) He called the teacher ugly.
(d) He told the teacher the story his mother told him.

4. What is Amisha writing about at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) A mongoose and a frog.
(b) A deer and a hunter.
(c) A bird and a squirrel.
(d) A duck and a frog.

5. Why do Ravi and Bina spend the night at Amisha's in Chapter 19?
(a) Amisha is afraid of a ghost she saw.
(b) Amisha is sick.
(c) Paresh is sick.
(d) Amisha needs help with her homework.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Deepak's new mill?

2. Why did Deepak not sell the school, according to Ravi?

3. What is the name of Jaya's mother?

4. Why is Amisha sick in Chapter 8?

5. Where does Jaya black out in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ravi learn to speak English?

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

3. What is the significance of the "bindi" in Indian culture?

4. What does Jaya buy for her parents at the market in Chapter 27?

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

6. What does a restaurant owner reveal to Jaya about Ravi in Chapter 23?

7. What spices do Jaya and Ravi use when they cook together at Ravi's home?

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

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

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

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