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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 do the protagonist and the Englishman share with one another in Chapter 1?
(a) A bottle of whiskey.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A Coca Cola.
(d) A plate of rice.

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

3. What prompted Saddam Hussein to change his name?
(a) His love of Italy.
(b) His father's death.
(c) His mother's death.
(d) His embracing of Judaism.

4. What word in Chapter 2 refers to a Muslim religious ascetic who lives on alms?
(a) Theek.
(b) Accha.
(c) Fakir.
(d) Dargah.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator of Chapter 7 notice when he visited an apartment building he rented out?

2. Where is the narrator of Chapter 7 located in the beginning of the chapter?

3. What did Anjum use to sleep on in the cemetery in Chapter 3?

4. What does the narrator describe awaiting in the opening of Chapter 7?

5. From what types of trees does the narrator describe the flying foxes unhinging themselves in the Prologue?

(see the answer key)

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