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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Dull Lake.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it difficult to get a ticket for the buses leaving the depot?
(a) There are not enough buses for all the people.
(b) Tickets only go on sale for five minutes at a time.
(c) Tickets are very inexpensive so there is very high demand.
(d) The buses only take people of a certain age.

2. Who is Butt?
(a) A large man Haroun meets at the bus station.
(b) A dubious man from the sewers.
(c) A lovely young woman from the local college.
(d) A dirty child from a poor neighborhood.

3. Who does Soraya run off with?
(a) Blabbermouth.
(b) Rashid.
(c) Oneeta Sengputa.
(d) Mr. Sengupta.

4. Why are Rashid and Haroun forced to buy a bus ticket?
(a) Because the politicos have their own private bus.
(b) Because they wish to chase after Soraya.
(c) Because thugs drop them off at the bus depot.
(d) Because their car gets stolen.

5. Who is Soraya?
(a) Haroun's aunt.
(b) Haroun's sister.
(c) Haroun's mother.
(d) Haroun's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Buttoo's houseboat?

2. What is the only word Rashid can say at the end of Chapter 1?

3. Where is the Town of G?

4. Who is Khattam-Shud?

5. Who does Rashid blame as the reason he has lost his ability to tell stories?

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