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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Tilo's mother?
(a) Aijaz.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(c) Jahanara Begum.
(d) Maryam Ipe.

2. How old was Miss Jebeen when she died?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Nine.
(d) Ten.

3. Who is the Station House Officer that arrested Saddam's father?
(a) California.
(b) Sehrawat.
(c) Kabul.
(d) Bangalore.

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

5. 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) "The slums."
(c) "Paradise."
(d) "Hell."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the mother who wrote the letter from Chapter 10 describe her father?

3. What did Miss Jebeen the Second's mother swear she would live and die by in the conclusion of her letter from Chapter 10?

4. The narrator in Chapter 9 describes Miss Jebeen as becoming one of the greatest martyrs of what movement?

5. What is the name of the mother whose letter is revealed in Chapter 10?

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