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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 is the narrator's name revealed to be in Chapter 7?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Jahanara Begum.
(c) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(d) Biplab Dasgupta.

2. Whom did Anjum take for a walk around the city in Chapter 12?
(a) Zainab.
(b) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(c) Arifa.
(d) Miss Udaya Jebeen.

3. What is the system of delegating peoples into different segregated groups called in India?
(a) The ermad system.
(b) The caste system.
(c) The gargu system.
(d) The perdu system.

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

5. Alongside how many others was Miss Jebeen and her mother buried?
(a) 15.
(b) 50.
(c) 35.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the last entry of Tilo's notebook described in Chapter 18, there is a press release describing 17 village girls on tour of what locations?

2. Where was Musa when he met his wife?

3. What had the hijras decorated Tilo's room as in Chapter 8?

4. What does the narrator say the poor villagers were treated as in the opening of Chapter 3?

5. From where did the woman in the window above the lavendar gate recognize Saddam and Ishrat in Chapter 5?

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