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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: "The Untimely Death of Miss Jebeen the First".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What show was being put on the night that Tilo met Musa?
(a) The Festival of Vishnu.
(b) The Sound and Light Show.
(c) The Brahma Festival Show.
(d) The Festival of Lights and Darkness.

2. What was Ashfaq Mir's position when he met with Naga in 1996?
(a) Deputy Commandant of the Shira Cinema JIC.
(b) Director of Activities at the National Museum.
(c) Deputy Commandant of the Arima Cinema.
(d) CEO of Intergalactic Technology, Inc.

3. What does the narrator describe awaiting in the opening of Chapter 7?
(a) To commit an assassination.
(b) To be certified fit for service.
(c) To move to the United States.
(d) To be married.

4. Whose arrest, torture, and killing was Major Amrik Singh responsible for, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Jalib Qadri.
(d) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.

5. The narrator opens Chapter 1 with the line, "She lived in the graveyard like" (7) what?
(a) "A tree."
(b) "A flower."
(c) "A tombstone."
(d) "A blade of grass."

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the narrator identify as the soldier that is being tortured in the photos in Tilo's apartment?

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

3. From what point of view is Chapter 8 related?

4. Why does the narrator say that "Not many noticed the passing of the friendly old birds" (5) in the Prologue?

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

(see the answer key)

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