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

2. What address is on the card that Suddam left at the woman's house in Chapter 5?
(a) The address of Dr. Azad Bhartiya.
(b) The address of Ziauddin.
(c) The address of the Jannat Guest House.
(d) The address of Biplab Dasgupta.

3. Where is the narrator of Chapter 7 located in the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Bangalore.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Ahmedabad.
(d) Mumbai.

4. What word in Chapter 1 refers to an evening of entertainment poetry or concert of Indian classical music?
(a) Yeswi.
(b) Arifa.
(c) Mahfil.
(d) Naga.

5. To whom does Tilo imagine a series of letters written from the four crushed boys in Chapter 8?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) A sister.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the social worker whose documents the narrator found in Tilo's apartment in Chapter 7?

2. What does "la ilaha" (13) translate to in English?

3. How old was Miss Jebeen when she died?

4. When did the Bhopal disaster occur?

5. Whose death haunted Anjum as she tried to sleep in Chapter 3?

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