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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. Where are Musa's recoveries described as being stored in, in Chapter 8?
(a) The freezer.
(b) A hole under the house.
(c) The attic.
(d) The basement.

2. What word in Chapter 2 refers to a Muslim religious ascetic who lives on alms?
(a) Dargah.
(b) Theek.
(c) Fakir.
(d) Accha.

3. In his pamphlets, how long does it say that Dr. Azad Bhartiya has been protesting in Chapter 4?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 16 years.

4. 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?
(a) Simile.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Flashback.

5. Into what type of family was Tilo's mother born?
(a) An Armenian Jewish family.
(b) An American Christian family.
(c) A Syrian Christian family.
(d) An Egyptian Muslim family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mulaqat Ali's profession?

2. Whose help did Tilo enlist in order to relocate with the baby in Chapter 8?

3. Whose arrest, torture, and killing was Major Amrik Singh responsible for, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?

4. Where did the narrator of Chapter 7 long to return?

5. When the Englishmen returned in Chapter 1 and told Manju that her name actually spoken backwards was not Manju, what did he say her real name was backwards?

(see the answer key)

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