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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 266 - 338).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jai ask a djinn just before Runu-Didi disappears?
(a) To spare his family.
(b) To take Runu instead of him.
(c) To help Pari's family.
(d) To help Tariq-Bhai.

2. What do Pari, Jai and Faiz ask Bahadur's Ma for?
(a) Food.
(b) Tea.
(c) A photo of him.
(d) Money.

3. What does Jai tell Runu when she tells him not to wait for her to walk home from school together?
(a) To go eat dung.
(b) To pick ticks off of her coach-boyfriend's balls.
(c) To go make her music.
(d) To go get kidnapped.

4. What does Omvir fear will happen to him if he does not get out of his basti?
(a) He will never finish school.
(b) He will never fulfill his dreams of being a famous runner.
(c) He will never be a good chef.
(d) He will follow in his father's footsteps and be an unhappy, financially insecure man.

5. Who is the third child to disappear?
(a) Aanchal.
(b) Jindal.
(c) Randi.
(d) Peri.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jai's Ma trade Runu's gold-plated medal for running for?

2. Who does Faiz want to question first?

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

4. What does one neighbor say to Jai's parents about the future of the basti because of police involvement in the disappearance of children?

5. What does Jai tell the policeman after looking at his shoes?

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