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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which actress features in Meena’s favorite commercials?
(a) Nagris.
(b) Anushka.
(c) Alia.
(d) Asin.

2. What brand of rat poison does Meena use?
(a) Farnam.
(b) Rid-X.
(c) Ramik.
(d) Ratol.

3. How many high-speed courts had India set up in the text?
(a) 70.
(b) 700.
(c) 140.
(d) 1,400.

4. Which of the following testifies against the Husains?
(a) Sanjay.
(b) Deepak.
(c) Dinesh.
(d) Uday.

5. In what neighborhood is Karam’s trial held?
(a) Dahisar.
(b) Malad.
(c) Nahur.
(d) Sewri.

6. In the text, who is the wealthiest person in India?
(a) Gautam Adani.
(b) Shiv Nadar.
(c) Savitri Jindal.
(d) Mukesh Ambani.

7. As which of the following does the text gloss the term “taufeez”?
(a) Elevation.
(b) Corruption.
(c) Refinement.
(d) Grace.

8. Which of the following nicknames does Asha carry?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Fixer.
(c) Professor.
(d) Priestess.

9. How many years shorter than the national average is life expectancy in Mumbai, per the text?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

10. To what caste does Asha belong?
(a) Kunbi.
(b) Singikat.
(c) Bansphor.
(d) Gurav.

11. From where do jihadis attack Mumbai?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Nepal
(d) Bangladesh.

12. How long does the train ride take that carries Asha and her family back to her hometown?
(a) 1.3 days.
(b) 13 days.
(c) 13 hours.
(d) 1.3 hours.

13. Who is the prime minister in the text?
(a) Indira Gandhi.
(b) Narendra Modi.
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru.
(d) Manmohan Singh.

14. From whom is the quote that precedes Part Three: "A Little Wildness" taken?
(a) Abdul.
(b) Manju.
(c) Karam.
(d) Asha.

15. Under which charity’s banner is the school where Manju works?
(a) REAP.
(b) IDEA.
(c) EARL.
(d) PREP.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is found dead in an open-air toilet?

2. Which of Asha’s relatives walks on all fours?

3. Which of the following does Kalu claim as his main god?

4. Which hotel do jihadis take over in the text?

5. How old is Meena?

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