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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 does Anjali ask Ma to promise?
(a) She will start eating again.
(b) She will keep praying.
(c) She will break out of jail.
(d) She will buy her way out of the justice system.

2. In Chapter 21, why is school canceled?
(a) Riots.
(b) Power outage.
(c) Plague.
(d) Drought.

3. What does Anjali end up telling Suman directly in the end of Chapter 15?
(a) She just cleaned her toilet.
(b) She just changed her clothes.
(c) She just learned how to play the guitar.
(d) She just ate prasad.

4. Why does Ma look so ill in Chapter 26?
(a) She has cholera.
(b) She has lice.
(c) She has vokran.
(d) She is fasting.

5. What does Ma eat in jail?
(a) Meat.
(b) Citrus fruit.
(c) Cold daal and rice.
(d) Bread only.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ahimsa mean?

2. Who are the two sides on the riots?

3. In Chapter 18, what does Anjali calle Irfaan's father?

4. What is another word for neighborhood?

5. Who tries to help Ma in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 22, what happens to Anjali's mother?

2. In Chapter 26, why does Ma look so ill?

3. In Chapter 23, what is Anjali unable to do without her mother?

4. In Chapter 24, what does Ma say she eats in prison?

5. In Chapter 16, what is a big part of Ma's plan to help the Dalits?

6. What does Mohan say he overheard Suman saying about Anjali?

7. In Chapter 18, what news does Suresh Mama's letter bring?

8. Who tries to defend Anjali's mother but is arrested in the process?

9. What story does Mohan share about his own mother when Anjali's is arrested?

10. What do the parents insist upon if the Dalits come to school at Anjali's school?

(see the answer keys)

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