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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 was Saddam Hussein fired from when he came to the cemetery?
(a) The mortuary.
(b) The bakery.
(c) The bank.
(d) The school.

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

3. What is the system of delegating peoples into different segregated groups called in India?
(a) The gargu system.
(b) The perdu system.
(c) The caste system.
(d) The ermad system.

4. Who is described in Chapter 7 as one of Amrik Singh's most brutal interrogators and was likely responsible for shaving Tilo's head?
(a) Biplab Dasgupta.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(c) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(d) Pinky Sodhi.

5. What is the name of Miss Jebeen's mother, according to her grave inscription?
(a) Biplab Dasgupta.
(b) Arifa Yeswi.
(c) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(d) Ahar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Anjun recalls the government army having shouted "Only one place for the Mussalman! The graveyard or" (66) where?

2. How old was Miss Jebeen when she died?

3. What object belonging to the mother is described as touching the baby's skin in Chapter 6?

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

5. What had the hijras decorated Tilo's room as in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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