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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 name of the mare described following the rickshaw in Chapter 5?
(a) Payal.
(b) Pria.
(c) Aru.
(d) Annu.

2. Alongside whom was Anjum's mother buried in the cemetery?
(a) Dr. Azad Bhartiya.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Mulaqat Ali.
(d) Mulaqat Ali.

3. Who is described by the narrator as having brought Anjum a black ram in Chapter 2?
(a) Amrik Singh.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(d) Mulaqat Ali.

4. 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.

5. Where did Saddam Hussein find a job in America?
(a) The National Gallery of Modern Art.
(b) The Met.
(c) The Museum of Modern Art.
(d) The Lucille Lortel Theater.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word in the novel refers to the shrines over the grave of a revered religious figure?

3. What is the address printed on the mailbox where Saddam left a calling card in Chapter 5?

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

5. Why does the narrator say that "Not many noticed the passing of the friendly old birds" (5) in the Prologue?

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