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

2. When does the narrator in Chapter 7 describe receiving a phone call from Major Amrik Singh while violence was brewing in the city?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1972.

3. For how long does the narrator say the white-backed vultures have been the custodians of the dead in the Prologue?
(a) Over 20 million years.
(b) Over 40 million years.
(c) Over 500 million years.
(d) Over 100 million years.

4. To what does the narrator describe Tilottama's skin in Chapter 7?
(a) Powdered milk.
(b) Black coffee.
(c) Café au lait.
(d) Melted bronze.

5. Who was the love of Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's life for whom he traveled to Delhi?
(a) Amrik Singh.
(b) Abhay Chand.
(c) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(d) Zainab.

Short Answer Questions

1. What incident did Dr. Azad Bhartiya refer to as "the second assassination attempt" (135) on him in Chapter 4?

2. Where are Musa's recoveries described as being stored in, in Chapter 8?

3. What did Anjum name the little three-year-old girl she found on the steps of Jama Masjid?

4. Who was supposedly made a scapegoat for Jalib Qadri's death?

5. What was the charge that Saddam's father faced when he was arrested?

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