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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. Whom does the narrator identify as the soldier that is being tortured in the photos in Tilo's apartment?
(a) Amrik Singh.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy.

2. Who visited to gather some of Tilo's clothing in the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Anjun and Saddam.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(c) Amrik Singh.
(d) Naga.

3. How old was Antun when she announced her decision to leave the Khwabgah?
(a) 58.
(b) 32.
(c) 15.
(d) 46.

4. The narrator compares the neighborhood surrounding his rental home to Kabul in Chapter 7, describing it as "... like a small corner of" (151) what?
(a) "The slums."
(b) "Paradise."
(c) "Hell."
(d) "Forest."

5. To whom did the narrator manage to get Tilo handed over to in Chapter 7?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(d) Naga.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jahanara feel initially after discovering the "girl part" (11) on Aftab?

2. Who is described by the narrator as having brought Anjum a black ram in Chapter 2?

3. How is the following phrase translated into English in Chapter 1? "Sach Khuda hai. Khuda hi Sach hai" (9)?

4. What comprises the old notebook of Tilo's amongst Musa's "recoveries" in Chapter 8?

5. When did the narrator of Chapter 7 meet the woman who had left his upstairs apartment in Chapter 7?

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