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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: "The Landlord".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 pregnant.
(c) Because she was in disguise.
(d) Because they believed it was bad luck to kill a hijra.

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

3. To what does the narrator describe Tilottama's skin in Chapter 7?
(a) Melted bronze.
(b) Black coffee.
(c) Powdered milk.
(d) Café au lait.

4. What word in the novel refers to the shrines over the grave of a revered religious figure?
(a) Kuches.
(b) Aamdeeds.
(c) Nahins.
(d) Dargahs.

5. What prompted Saddam Hussein to change his name?
(a) His father's death.
(b) His love of Italy.
(c) His embracing of Judaism.
(d) His mother's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "chamar" translate to in English?

2. How is the following phrase translated into English in Chapter 1? "Sach Khuda hai. Khuda hi Sach hai" (9)?

3. What does the narrator describe awaiting in the opening of Chapter 7?

4. Where was Saddam Hussein fired from when he came to the cemetery?

5. Of what creature does the narrator ask in Chapter 6 whether it would remember the smell of the forest on the day it was born?

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