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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anjali's mother say about spinning?
(a) It is anxiety-inducing.
(b) It is almost as calming as meditation.
(c) It is wrong.
(d) It is a calling from God.

2. What does Mohan make?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Food.
(d) Portraits.

3. What does Anjali call her father?
(a) Dad.
(b) Haba.
(c) Da.
(d) Baba.

4. What did Irfaan's mother die from?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Tubercolosis.

5. What does Anjali think is going to happen to Ma when she touches Mohan's broom?
(a) She will lose her memory.
(b) She will be cursed.
(c) She will die.
(d) She will get sick.

6. Which classmate of Anjali's had a relative who joined Ghandi's movement?
(a) Suman.
(b) Manga.
(c) Heli.
(d) Anasuya.

7. What does Anjali sometimes affectionately call Irfaan?
(a) Minister.
(b) Helios.
(c) Greedy Goat.
(d) Meister.

8. How old was Mohan when he started cleaning toilets?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

9. What does Anjali think is good luck?
(a) Peacock feathers.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Chairs.
(d) Basil.

10. In Chapter 4, what does Anjali confess?
(a) Setting a fire.
(b) Stealing money.
(c) Painting the Q.
(d) Eating extra food.

11. What does Ma do with Mohan's broom that shocks Anjali?
(a) Touches it.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Throws it.

12. Who did Anjali's mother work for up until recently in Chapter 1?
(a) Richard Smith.
(b) Her own father.
(c) Ghandi.
(d) Captain Brent.

13. What clothing does Anjali wear in Chapter 1?
(a) Ghagra-choli.
(b) Pants.
(c) A dress.
(d) Pajamas.

14. What do followers of the Free India movement wear?
(a) Uniforms that are black.
(b) Plain white homespun clothes.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Bright dresses.

15. What does Ma put in Anjali's hair?
(a) Vegetable oil.
(b) Lard.
(c) Coconut oil.
(d) Olive oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chachaji want to save when he was a boy once?

2. What does Anjali wear to school?

3. What tree does Anjali pass on the way to school?

4. In Chapter 7, what does Anjali have to do with Chachaji?

5. In Chapter 11, why did the villagers burn the old woman's arm?

(see the answer keys)

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