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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 the narrator say the poor villagers were treated as in the opening of Chapter 3?
(a) The helpless poor.
(b) Surplus-people.
(c) The needed labor force.
(d) The desperate.

2. Where did the narrator of Chapter 7 long to return?
(a) Kolkata.
(b) Bangalore.
(c) Kabul.
(d) Mumbai.

3. How is gender applied to Urdu?
(a) There are no genders for any nouns.
(b) There is a gender for every noun.
(c) All animal-based nouns have specific genders.
(d) Some nouns have genders and others do not.

4. What does "la ilaha" (13) translate to in English?
(a) "There is no God."
(b) "Praise Allah."
(c) "Allah as God."
(d) "The love of God."

5. How many siblings did Afrab have when he/she was born?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what architecture student does the narrator describe Tilo being close with in Chapter 7?

2. What is the address printed on the mailbox where Saddam left a calling card in Chapter 5?

3. What does "Jannat" translate to in English?

4. What did Tilo attribute to her decision to leave her husband in Chapter 8?

5. What was Mulaqat Ali's profession?

(see the answer key)

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