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

2. Whom does the narrator identify as the soldier that is being tortured in the photos in Tilo's apartment?
(a) Biplab Dasgupta.
(b) Amrik Singh.
(c) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy.

3. Who was the love of Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's life for whom he traveled to Delhi?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Abhay Chand.
(c) Zainab.
(d) Amrik Singh.

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

5. What did Anjum use to sleep on in the cemetery in Chapter 3?
(a) A blanket of leaves.
(b) A rolled carpet.
(c) A sleeping bag.
(d) A bedspread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shared experience does Anjum conclude she shares with the imam in Chapter 1?

2. Where was Saddam Hussein fired from when he came to the cemetery?

3. The narrator opens Chapter 1 with the line, "She lived in the graveyard like" (7) what?

4. When does the narrator in Chapter 7 describe receiving a phone call from Major Amrik Singh while violence was brewing in the city?

5. Who is described in Chapter 7 as one of Amrik Singh's most brutal interrogators and was likely responsible for shaving Tilo's head?

(see the answer key)

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