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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: "The Untimely Death of Miss Jebeen the First".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator compares the neighborhood surrounding his rental home to Kabul in Chapter 7, describing it as "... like a small corner of" (151) what?
(a) "Forest."
(b) "Hell."
(c) "Paradise."
(d) "The slums."

2. What does the word "chamar" translate to in English?
(a) "Beloved."
(b) "Bisexual."
(c) "Hermaphrodite."
(d) "Untouchable."

3. On what houseboat did Tilo meet Commander Gulrez in Chapter 9?
(a) The HB Gorkhpuri.
(b) The HB Aijaz.
(c) The HB Shaheen.
(d) The HB Bhartiya.

4. What is the narrator's name revealed to be in Chapter 7?
(a) Jahanara Begum.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(c) Biplab Dasgupta.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy.

5. Where was Miss Jebeen buried?
(a) The Khushbagh.
(b) The Sewri Christian Cemetery.
(c) The Jairampur Cemetery.
(d) The Mazar-e-Shohadda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What college play had the narrator performed in with the woman who had occupied his second floor?

2. When did the Bhopal disaster occur?

3. What were the photographs of that Biplab discovered in Tilo's former apartment?

4. Who does Amrik Singh leave Tilo in the hands of after Musa's escape in Chapter 9?

5. When did the narrator of Chapter 7 meet the woman who had left his upstairs apartment in Chapter 7?

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