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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: "The Tenant" (pages 217-268) .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Jannat" translate to in English?
(a) "Glory."
(b) "Love."
(c) "Paradise."
(d) "Submission."

2. Nimmo Gorakpuri told Aftab in Chapter 2 that God created creatures like them because he wanted to create "a living creature that is incapable of" (27) what?
(a) "Worry."
(b) "Consequence."
(c) "Happiness."
(d) "Sex."

3. What is the name of the mare described following the rickshaw in Chapter 5?
(a) Pria.
(b) Annu.
(c) Payal.
(d) Aru.

4. What is the system of delegating peoples into different segregated groups called in India?
(a) The ermad system.
(b) The caste system.
(c) The gargu system.
(d) The perdu system.

5. Who was supposedly made a scapegoat for Jalib Qadri's death?
(a) Amrik Singh.
(b) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(c) Biplab Dasgupta.
(d) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the group of young men feeding the hippo call Tilo in Chapter 8 (239)?

2. When does the narrator in Chapter 7 describe receiving a phone call from Major Amrik Singh while violence was brewing in the city?

3. On what famous speech did Tilo's mother quiz her on from her dying bed?

4. What is the narrator's name revealed to be in Chapter 7?

5. How old was Antun when she announced her decision to leave the Khwabgah?

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