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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. Whose ghosts does the protagonist in Chapter 1 confer with daily?
(a) The ghosts of the vultures.
(b) The ghosts of the wolves.
(c) The ghosts of the villagers.
(d) The ghosts of the tigers.

2. What did Anjum name the little three-year-old girl she found on the steps of Jama Masjid?
(a) Arifa.
(b) Musa.
(c) Amrik.
(d) Zainab.

3. What does the narrator say that Jainab and Saddam had turned the graveyard into in Chapter 10 (405)?
(a) "A glass menagerie of the sorrowful."
(b) "A reverie of angels."
(c) "A home among the greatest of mansions."
(d) "A Noah's ark of injured animals."

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

5. Where was Miss Jebeen buried?
(a) The Khushbagh.
(b) The Jairampur Cemetery.
(c) The Mazar-e-Shohadda.
(d) The Sewri Christian Cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described in Chapter 7 as one of Amrik Singh's most brutal interrogators and was likely responsible for shaving Tilo's head?

2. What does "Jannat" translate to in English?

3. How old was Miss Jebeen when she died?

4. Musa told Tilo in the basement in Chapter 9 to either get married to do what?

5. Who became the new Prime Minister of India in Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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