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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. From what types of trees does the narrator describe the flying foxes unhinging themselves in the Prologue?
(a) Oak tree.
(b) Banyan trees.
(c) Elm trees.
(d) Willow trees.
2. At what age did Aftab adopt his hijras name?
(a) 19.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.
3. What is the young Kashmiri boy compared to that was summoned by Ashfaq Mir (228)?
(a) "A broken bird."
(b) "A ferret."
(c) "A small dog."
(d) "A pebble."
4. What does "Jannat" translate to in English?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Glory."
(c) "Submission."
(d) "Paradise."
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) "Hell."
(b) "Forest."
(c) "Paradise."
(d) "The slums."
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the mare described following the rickshaw in Chapter 5?
2. When the Englishmen returned in Chapter 1 and told Manju that her name actually spoken backwards was not Manju, what did he say her real name was backwards?
3. Who are the two people that Tilo was thinking of in the opening of Chapter 8?
4. Which story from Tilo's journal describes wanting to write “one of those sophisticated stories in which even though nothing much happens there’s lots to write about” (288)?
5. What phrase does the narrator use to describe "when the sun has gone out but the light has not" (5) in the Prologue?
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