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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Runu-Didi particularly good at in running?
(a) Her endurance.
(b) Her sense of team spirit.
(c) Passing and receiving the baton.
(d) Her style.

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

3. What rumor goes around about Aanchal's boyfriend?
(a) He is her age but very wealthy.
(b) He is from Russia.
(c) He is much older and a Muslim.
(d) He is a drug dealer.

4. What are the two things Jai's Ma removes from her bundle of valuable possessions?
(a) The picture of the family.
(b) The rolling pin and roti board.
(c) The gun.
(d) Her best sari.

5. Why does Jai think Omvir's mother is always angry?
(a) She has an angry baby.
(b) She has no money.
(c) Because Omvir is missing.
(d) She hates her boss.

6. What is the word commonly used to mean brothel in Part III (Pages 128-199)?
(a) Frita.
(b) Kotha.
(c) Tukka.
(d) Theka.

7. What was Aanchal wearing when she disappeared?
(a) A wedding dress for a photo shoot.
(b) A pantsuit.
(c) A yellow kurta.
(d) A red sari.

8. What deal do Runu and Jai make in Part III?
(a) Runu can go to training and Jai can go to work, and neither will tell on the other.
(b) They will both steal money and return it together.
(c) They will both get jobs to help their parents pay bills.
(d) They will both go to college somehow.

9. What does Aanchal threaten to do if the man who is harassing her does not stop?
(a) Run as fast as she can.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Scream to wake the whole basti.
(d) Stab him.

10. How does Faiz find out where Aanchal's house is?
(a) From shopkeepers.
(b) From his brother.
(c) From his boss.
(d) From Aanchal's sister.

11. What does Faiz call his mother?
(a) Mamo.
(b) Ma.
(c) Mother.
(d) Ammi.

12. Who is the fourth child to disappear?
(a) Chandni.
(b) Kaiz.
(c) Fabrir.
(d) Mai.

13. What does Runu-Didi say that prompts her father to slap her?
(a) She tells her parents she is running away.
(b) She tells her parents she will go to college no matter what.
(c) She tells her parents they are poor and ignorant.
(d) She asks her parents why they had Jai if they could not look after him.

14. Where does Duttaram ask Jai to deliver tea in Part III?
(a) The courts.
(b) A jewelry shop.
(c) The school.
(d) The penthouse.

15. What form do djinns sometimes take, according to legends?
(a) A tiger or dolphin.
(b) A black dog, cat, or snake.
(c) A leopard.
(d) A monkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ma accuse Runu-Didi of doing aside from running?

2. What does Runu-Didi tell Jai about the kidnapper's motivations to scare Jai?

3. How does the baba bless people?

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

5. What does Jai's and Runu's father tell them very seriously in Part III?

(see the answer keys)

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