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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Quarter always wear?
(a) A scarf.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Sunglasses.

2. What did Jai's Ma trade Runu's gold-plated medal for running for?
(a) A new water heater.
(b) A nice restaurant meal out.
(c) A five-pound bag of rice.
(d) A two-liter bottle of sunflower oil.

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

4. What does Jai plan on asking for at the railway station that he thinks might help them find Bahadur?
(a) CCTV footage.
(b) A list of formal complaints.
(c) A list of passengers.
(d) A list of financial transactions from the past two weeks.

5. Who is the first child to disappear?
(a) Pari.
(b) Omvir.
(c) Rhadan.
(d) Bahadur.

6. Where does Jai tell Pari he got the money for the train tickets?
(a) From Faiz.
(b) From the Parachute tin.
(c) A prize Runu won for running.
(d) From his job.

7. Why do Jai, Pari, and Faiz get a few days off from school in Part II?
(a) Because of the kidnappings.
(b) Because of the flood.
(c) Because of the heat.
(d) Because of the smog.

8. What chases Omvir in Part II?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Other children.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cats.

9. Why does Jai tell policemen he is out of school in Part I?
(a) Because he works.
(b) Because he needs to help his Ma.
(c) Because he has digestive problems.
(d) Because he was kicked out.

10. Who are Jai's best friends?
(a) Tariq and Pari.
(b) Omvir and Tariq.
(c) Bahadur and Omvir.
(d) Pari and Faiz.

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

12. Why does Faiz say he is not coming on the metro with Jai and Pari?
(a) He wants to go to school instead.
(b) He is scared of trains.
(c) He does not have the money.
(d) He thinks the kidnapper is a djinn and they will not find djinns on the Purple Line.

13. Who is Jai's sister?
(a) Bhai-Didi.
(b) Shanti-Didi.
(c) Runu-Didi.
(d) Sari-Didi.

14. What does Jai appreciate about the way Runu-Didi is at school with him?
(a) She buys his lunch for him.
(b) She intercedes with teachers on his behalf.
(c) She looks out for him.
(d) She pretends she does not know him.

15. How does Bahadur feel about the T.V.-repair chacha?
(a) He does not like him at all.
(b) He is suspicious of him.
(c) He wishes a man like him could have been his father.
(d) He feels indifferent to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bahadur's brother say Bahadur liked to go after school?

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

3. What term of affection does Jai's mother use for him in Part II?

4. What blocks Omvir's escape in Part II?

5. Who are the only ones who know Mental's real name?

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