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

3. What article of clothing does Ashraf wish to buy for the tailors?
(a) Pants.
(b) Shirts.
(c) Robes.
(d) Hats.

4. Who has a job working as a fortune teller when Maneck returns to the village?
(a) Rajaram.
(b) The Monkey-Man.
(c) The Beggarmastar.
(d) Shankar.

5. Who do the police arrest in Chapter 16 for the murders of the beggars?
(a) The goondas.
(b) The Beggarmaster.
(c) Dina.
(d) Ishvar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who plays nurse to Ishvar while he is recovering from his injury in Chapter 9?

2. What does Dina begin to sew in Chapter 9 with help from Maneck?

3. Who is Jeevan?

4. How does Nusswan feel about having Dina back in his home at the end of the novel?

5. What are the men called that terrorize Dina's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the established workers at the relocation camp treat the newcomers?

2. How does Ishvar lose his legs?

3. What do Om and Maneck do during their vacation from work?

4. Why are the police called to Shankar's funeral?

5. Why does Dina go to speak to Mrs. Gupta and what does she tell her?

6. What does Dina do around the house when the tailors are off searching for a house, and how does she react when they return?

7. How does Ibrahim react after Dina's apartment is destroyed?

8. How does the Beggarmaster know that he is related to Shankar?

9. What happens when the Beggarmaster comes to visit the relocation camp in Chapter 9?

10. How does it come to pass that the tailors begin eating dinner in the main house?

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