1. 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) Flashback.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Simile.

2. Where was Saddam Hussein fired from when he came to the cemetery?
(a) The bakery.
(b) The school.
(c) The mortuary.
(d) The bank.

3. Who is described in Chapter 7 as one of Amrik Singh's most brutal interrogators and was likely responsible for shaving Tilo's head?
(a) Biplab Dasgupta.
(b) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(c) Pinky Sodhi.
(d) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.

4. What object belonging to the mother is described as touching the baby's skin in Chapter 6?
(a) A sword.
(b) A gun.
(c) A drum.
(d) A bedpan.

5. What is the name of the baby that Tilo took with her during her escape in Chapter 8?
(a) Biplab Dasgupta.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(c) Miss Jebeen the Second.
(d) Amrik Singh.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator compares the neighborhood surrounding his rental home to Kabul in Chapter 7, describing it as "... like a small corner of" (151) what?

2. Alongside whom was Anjum's mother buried in the cemetery?

3. To what does the narrator describe Tilottama's skin in Chapter 7?

4. Who visited to gather some of Tilo's clothing in the end of Chapter 7?

5. In the last entry of Tilo's notebook described in Chapter 18, there is a press release describing 17 village girls on tour of what locations?

(see the answer key)

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