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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. When did the narrator of Chapter 7 meet the woman who had left his upstairs apartment in Chapter 7?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1982.

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

3. 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) "Paradise."
(b) "Hell."
(c) "The slums."
(d) "Forest."

4. At what age did Aftab adopt his hijras name?
(a) 19.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

5. What name refers to Aftab later in life?
(a) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(b) Zainab.
(c) Arifa.
(d) Anjun.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Alongside whom was Anjum's mother buried in the cemetery?

3. Where did Saddam Hussein find a job in America?

4. How is Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's ancestry described?

5. What does the narrator say that Dr. Azad Bhartiya was protesting in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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