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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 128 - 199).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one neighbor say to Jai's parents about the future of the basti because of police involvement in the disappearance of children?
(a) They will all lose their pets.
(b) They will lose their homes.
(c) They will all be thrown in jail.
(d) They will all be beaten.

2. What does the old woman at the railway station try to give Pari and Jai?
(a) A video.
(b) Money.
(c) Tea.
(d) Sweets.

3. What does Jai think of Runu-Didi as in Part III?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His second mother.
(c) His ticket out of the basti.
(d) The ruiner of his happiness.

4. What is the word for "settlement" in this novel?
(a) Basti.
(b) Marun.
(c) Vai.
(d) Rasti.

5. Who does Faiz want to question first?
(a) Pari.
(b) Quarter.
(c) Drunkard Laloo.
(d) Bahadur's Ma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jai steal from a plate at work one of his first days there?

2. What rumor is going around about the third child to disappear?

3. Where does Bahadur's brother tell Jai and the others he used to talk about running away to?

4. What does Pari ask Kirpal-Sir to do in Part I that angers him?

5. How does Jai refer to Omvir's Ma's baby?

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