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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: "The Tenant" (pages 217-268) .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator of Chapter 7 notice when he visited an apartment building he rented out?
(a) The level of crime had gone up.
(b) The number of cars around the building had grown.
(c) The number of homeless around the building had grown.
(d) There were now boards across all of the windows.

2. With whom did Aftab take music lessons at the madrassa?
(a) Amrik Singh.
(b) Ustad Hameed Khan.
(c) Musa Yeswi.
(d) Biplab Dasgupta.

3. How is Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's ancestry described?
(a) Syrian Christian.
(b) Orthodox Muslilm.
(c) Syrian Jew.
(d) Armenian Jew.

4. How many siblings did Afrab have when he/she was born?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. When does the narrator in Chapter 7 describe receiving a phone call from Major Amrik Singh while violence was brewing in the city?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1996.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alongside whom was Anjum's mother buried in the cemetery?

2. What was the charge that Saddam's father faced when he was arrested?

3. When did the Bhopal disaster occur?

4. To whom did the narrator manage to get Tilo handed over to in Chapter 7?

5. Where had Naga secured an entry permit in 1996 to meet with Ashfaq Mir?

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