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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Sajjad at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Ahmedabad.
(c) Ankara.
(d) Istanbul.

2. When did Sajjad meet Konrad in Dilli?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1940.

3. In Chapter 8, when are the British planning to leave India?
(a) December.
(b) Mid-August.
(c) November.
(d) Early July.

4. What did Hiroko teach before she was dismissed from the school where she taught?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) English.

5. Where does Sajjad's sister live in Chapter 18?
(a) Rawalpindi.
(b) Peshawar.
(c) Lahore.
(d) Ludhiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Henry Burton accused of doing that actually Henry Williams did?

2. How old was Harry when he went to live in New York with his mother?

3. How old was Kim when Ilse Burton told her about Konrad?

4. In "The Yet Unknowing World," Chapter 1, how long has it been since Hiroshima was bombed?

5. How many sons did Khadija Ashraf have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What negotiations does Hiroko remember that she and Sajjad made during their first years of marriage?

2. What plans does Sajjad share with Hiroko?

3. How does Elizabeth describe Mussoorie?

4. What does Sajjad remember about their attempts to have children?

5. What happens to Hiroko after the world goes white?

6. What shop does Hiroko miss in Chapter 14, and why?

7. What is James's occupation and why is he not working in Chapter 4?

8. What does Sajjad tell James about his lack of an apology when he sent him away?

9. What does Hiroko know about James Burton when she arrives in Delhi, and what does a painting of him reveal to her?

10. In Chapter 1, who sent Konrad to Nagasaki and why?

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