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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: "The Tenant" (pages 268-317) .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator say that the woman in the window was happy when the baby fell asleep?
(a) Because it was not hers.
(b) Because it was her sister's.
(c) Because it was a girl.
(d) Because it was hers.

2. The poison that wiped out the white-backed vultures was used as a relaxant on what animals?
(a) Deer.
(b) Turkeys.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Cows.

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

4. To what story does the English man compare the story of Laila and Manju in Chapter 1?
(a) All's Well that Ends Well.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

5. For how long had the narrator of Chapter 7 known the woman who had lived on the second floor of his building?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 50 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does the narrator say the poor villagers were treated as in the opening of Chapter 3?

4. What religious conversion did Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed make upon arriving in Delhi?

5. Who was the love of Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's life for whom he traveled to Delhi?

(see the answer key)

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