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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: "The Landlord".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's name revealed to be in Chapter 7?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Jahanara Begum.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy.

2. When did the Bhopal disaster occur?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1992.

3. In the Prologue, the narrator describes the flying foxes as they "drift across the city like smoke" (5). What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Flashback.

4. What document discovered by the narrator in Chapter 7 describes a Special Task Force police forcing a group of people into a restroom?
(a) "Arifa's Story."
(b) "Jahanara's Story."
(c) "Ghafoor's Story."
(d) "The Kolkata Story."

5. How old was Antun when she announced her decision to leave the Khwabgah?
(a) 58.
(b) 32.
(c) 15.
(d) 46.

Short Answer Questions

1. What come home after the bats leave, according to the narrator in the Prologue?

2. At what age did Aftab adopt his hijras name?

3. Who is the self-described sexologist that Mulaqat Ali took his son to see first?

4. Who is the Station House Officer that arrested Saddam's father?

5. How has Dr. Azad Bhartiya been protesting in Chapter 4?

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