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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. With what architecture student does the narrator describe Tilo being close with in Chapter 7?
(a) Musa Yeswi.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(d) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.

2. Where does the narrator describe Tilo meeting Musa alongside an entourage of orphan boys in Chapter 8?
(a) The Yellow Bridge.
(b) The Red Fort.
(c) The Blue Fort.
(d) The cemetery.

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

4. How many siblings did Afrab have when he/she was born?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

5. What does the word "chamar" translate to in English?
(a) "Bisexual."
(b) "Beloved."
(c) "Untouchable."
(d) "Hermaphrodite."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Station House Officer that arrested Saddam's father?

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

3. Why did the soldiers save Anjum's life, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

4. Whose death haunted Anjum as she tried to sleep in Chapter 3?

5. Who was Tilo's husband that she was leaving in Chapter 8?

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