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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 does the narrator say the poor villagers were treated as in the opening of Chapter 3?
(a) The desperate.
(b) Surplus-people.
(c) The helpless poor.
(d) The needed labor force.

2. Who does Amrik Singh leave Tilo in the hands of after Musa's escape in Chapter 9?
(a) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(b) ACP Pinky.
(c) Zakir Mian.
(d) Mulaqat Ali.

3. What religious conversion did Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed make upon arriving in Delhi?
(a) He converted from Judaism to Orthodox Islam.
(b) He converted from Orthodox Islam to Judaism.
(c) He converted from Sufism to Judaism.
(d) He converted from Judaism to Christian.

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

5. What did rumors suggest was actually the first martyr buried at the Martyr's Graveyard in Chapter 9?
(a) A dead dog.
(b) A book and paper.
(c) An empty duffel bag.
(d) A dead cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in Chapter 2 refers to a Muslim religious ascetic who lives on alms?

2. What did Anjum use to sleep on in the cemetery in Chapter 3?

3. What word in Chapter 1 refers to an evening of entertainment poetry or concert of Indian classical music?

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

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

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