View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which sibling of aanchal's talks to Jai, Pari and Faiz?
(a) Tyla.
(b) Tariq.
(c) Chandi.
(d) Ajay.

3. What is the subject of the Hindu poem Jai has to memorize in Part III?
(a) The moon.
(b) The rain.
(c) The flowers.
(d) Love.

4. What prompts Jai's Papa to tell him that the missing children are not a game?
(a) When two Musalman children go missing soon after Christmas.
(b) When children's bodies start turning up.
(c) When the police really do start talking about bulldozing the basti.
(d) When his cousin goes missing.

5. What is Faiz worried about paying in Part IV?
(a) The fine for his bike being in the road too long.
(b) His mother's bail.
(c) His food bill at the end of the month to the school.
(d) Tariq-Bhai's lawyer's fees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Jai's parents about the third child to disappear?

2. Why does Jai not feel like gathering clues about the missing Muslim children?

3. How does Faiz find out where Aanchal's house is?

4. What does Runu-Didi say that prompts her father to slap her?

5. What terrible thing happens in Faiz's family in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Papa increasingly frustrated with Jai in Part IV?

2. How does Jai react to the disappearance of Runu-Didi in Part IV?

3. What problem do the basti residents have with the police as more children are disappearing?

4. Why is Faiz's brother Tariq-Bhai arrested?

5. What does Runu-Didi tell Jai about why someone is stealing so many children, and how does he react?

6. What news does Shanti-Chachi bring to Jai's household early in Part III that upsets everyone?

7. Who does Jai notice asking Duttaram about child labor and why does he notice this person?

8. Who does Jai encounter while working at Duttaram's and how does he think this creature will help with his detective work?

9. Why is Aanchal's mobile phone of such interest to her family and to Jai, Pari, and Faiz?

10. What does Jai do to earn back the money for the parachute tin, and how does this endeavor start?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 829 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample