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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: "The Landlord" and Chapter 12: "Guih Kom".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What political party did Miss Jebeen's mother adopt?
(a) Nazism.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Commercialism.
(d) Communism.

3. What is the young Kashmiri boy compared to that was summoned by Ashfaq Mir (228)?
(a) "A small dog."
(b) "A ferret."
(c) "A broken bird."
(d) "A pebble."

4. When does the narrator in Chapter 7 describe receiving a phone call from Major Amrik Singh while violence was brewing in the city?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1996.

5. The narrator compares the neighborhood surrounding his rental home to Kabul in Chapter 7, describing it as "... like a small corner of" (151) what?
(a) "Forest."
(b) "Hell."
(c) "The slums."
(d) "Paradise."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the residents of the Jannat Guest House rename the baby as in the conclusion of Chapter 10?

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

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

4. Who was Tilo's husband that she was leaving in Chapter 8?

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

(see the answer key)

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