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

2. When did the narrator of Chapter 7 meet the woman who had left his upstairs apartment in Chapter 7?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1982.

3. Where was the narrator assigned as Deputy Station Head for the Bureau in Chapter 7?
(a) Srinagar.
(b) Jaipur.
(c) Surat.
(d) Lucknow.

4. What document discovered by the narrator in Chapter 7 describes a Special Task Force police forcing a group of people into a restroom?
(a) "Ghafoor's Story."
(b) "Jahanara's Story."
(c) "Arifa's Story."
(d) "The Kolkata Story."

5. What was the charge that Saddam's father faced when he was arrested?
(a) Robbery.
(b) Theft.
(c) Cow-slaughter.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the baby that Tilo took with her during her escape in Chapter 8?

2. Which story from Tilo's journal describes wanting to write “one of those sophisticated stories in which even though nothing much happens there’s lots to write about” (288)?

3. When does the narrator in Chapter 7 describe receiving a phone call from Major Amrik Singh while violence was brewing in the city?

4. Where was Saddam Hussein fired from when he came to the cemetery?

5. What did Amrik Singh give to Musa as he departed for his father in Chapter 9?

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