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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: "The Untimely Death of Miss Jebeen the First".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the narrator of Chapter 7 long to return?
(a) Kabul.
(b) Kolkata.
(c) Mumbai.
(d) Bangalore.

2. To whom did the narrator manage to get Tilo handed over to in Chapter 7?
(a) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(c) Naga.
(d) Biplab Dasgupta.

3. Why did the soldiers save Anjum's life, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) Because she held them at gunpoint until they fled.
(b) Because she was in disguise.
(c) Because she was pregnant.
(d) Because they believed it was bad luck to kill a hijra.

4. Where was the social worker whose documents the narrator found in Tilo's apartment in Chapter 7?
(a) Annaheim, California.
(b) Douglas City, California.
(c) Clovis, California.
(d) Los Angeles, California.

5. Whose arrest, torture, and killing was Major Amrik Singh responsible for, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Jalib Qadri.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what architecture student does the narrator describe Tilo being close with in Chapter 7?

2. How is the narrative style in the beginning of Chapter 7 different from the narrative perspective in the majority of the novel?

3. What does the narrator say the poor villagers were treated as in the opening of Chapter 3?

4. What is the narrator's name revealed to be in Chapter 7?

5. How old was Miss Jebeen when she died?

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