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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: "The Landlord" and Chapter 12: "Guih Kom".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word from Chapter 9 refers to a form of cloth headgear designed to expose only part of the face?
(a) A balaclava.
(b) A burqa.
(c) A chadri.
(d) A fedora.

3. At whose grave was Anjum when she said a prayer in Chapter 12?
(a) Comrade Maase Revathy's grave..
(b) Bombay Silk's grave.
(c) Zainab's grave.
(d) Arifa's grave.

4. What does "Jannat" translate to in English?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Submission."
(c) "Paradise."
(d) "Glory."

5. For how long had the narrator of Chapter 7 known the woman who had lived on the second floor of his building?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Antun when she announced her decision to leave the Khwabgah?

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

3. What kind of swimming pool did Anjum decide to build in Chapter 10?

4. What name did Miss Jebeen the Second's mother say her daughter's name was in her letter in Chapter 10?

5. To what story does the English man compare the story of Laila and Manju in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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