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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Return of Solitude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last thing that Dina hears the men breaking in her apartment?
(a) The dinner table.
(b) The veranda.
(c) The quilt.
(d) The sewing machines.

2. Who is Jeevan?
(a) Om and Ishvar's old boss.
(b) Om and Ishvar's old neighbor.
(c) Om and Ishvar's dog.
(d) Om and Ishvar's cousin.

3. What does the officer at the railway station pour on the tailors to rouse them?
(a) Garbage.
(b) Water.
(c) Urine.
(d) Dirt.

4. Which character plunges his fingers down his throat to clear out excess bile?
(a) Shankar.
(b) Maneck.
(c) Om.
(d) Ishvar.

5. Who plays nurse to Ishvar while he is recovering from his injury in Chapter 9?
(a) Rajaram.
(b) Dina.
(c) Shankar.
(d) Om.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ashraf's father own, giving both himself and Dukhi work?

2. Who is Dina trying to keep out by putting the padlock on the door?

3. How is the size of the worm that passes out of Om's body described?

4. In what building do the tailors find a new shelter?

5. Who lines the street of the village as the train is passing?

(see the answer key)

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