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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jai's main teacher?
(a) Willis-Sir.
(b) Kirpal-Sir.
(c) Mairun-Madam.
(d) Sisti-Madam.

2. What does Jai think about the T.V.-repair chacha?
(a) He is very, very old.
(b) He is the nicest person Jai has ever met.
(c) He seems very reluctant to talk with them.
(d) He seems suspicious.

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

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

5. Why do Omvir's classmates not have much to say about him?
(a) He blends in very well.
(b) He goes by a different name.
(c) He is very shy.
(d) He is hardly ever at school.

Short Answer 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?

2. Why do Jai, Pari, and Faiz get a few days off from school in Part II?

3. What does Jai value most in his house?

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

5. Why does the policeman tell Jai they do not arrest djinns?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do children ask for Mental's protection after he dies?

2. Who do Jai and his friends start to think might have kidnapped Bahadur early in Part II?

3. How does Jai feel about his ride on the Purple Line?

4. What does Junction-Ki-Rani reportedly do for young women?

5. Why does Jai's friend Faiz work part-time even though he is just a child?

6. What does a woman at the train station in Part II try to give Jai and Pari and who intervenes?

7. What is one of the most obvious signs of the pollution in Jai's city, and how do the residents deal with it?

8. What does Jai do in Part II that he feels very guilty about afterwards, and why?

9. How does Jai get along with Runu-Didi and how would you describe their relationship?

10. What is Jai's and his friends' first job as "detectives" and why is this?

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