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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What plans did Biplab tell Musa of his and Naga's in Chapter 11?
(a) Establishing a flower shop.
(b) Establishing a safe house for hijras.
(c) Opening a butcher shop.
(d) Establshing a retro radio channel.

2. What is the name of Miss Jebeen's mother, according to her grave inscription?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Arifa Yeswi.
(d) Ahar.

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

4. How did Musa reply to Biplab's question as to whether he killed Amrik Singh in Chapter 11?
(a) He did not kill him, but they made him kill himself.
(b) He killed him and payed his sentence.
(c) He killed him but covered up the murder and blamed someone else.
(d) He did not kill him and was not near him when he died.

5. What is the name of the baby that Tilo took with her during her escape in Chapter 8?
(a) Amrik Singh.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(c) Biplab Dasgupta.
(d) Miss Jebeen the Second.

6. What is the name of the young Kashmiri boy who was summoned by Ashfaq Mir in Chapter 8?
(a) Arifa.
(b) Zakir.
(c) Aijaz.
(d) Zainab.

7. What comprises the old notebook of Tilo's amongst Musa's "recoveries" in Chapter 8?
(a) Astrological charts.
(b) Mathematical equations.
(c) Ship maps.
(d) Comprehension questions.

8. Whose most extensive of the testimonies regarding Jalib Qadri's death claimed to have witnessed his execution in Chapter 9?
(a) The barber's.
(b) The butcher's.
(c) The baker's.
(d) The banker's.

9. Biplab has read all of the documents from where in Chapter 11?
(a) The Grand Marshall's office.
(b) Arifa's office.
(c) Tilo's apartment.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy's home.

10. What is the dung beetle called in Chapter 12?
(a) Guih Kom.
(b) Zainab.
(c) Arifa.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy.

11. Where did Musa leave for when leaving the Guest House in Chapter 12?
(a) Bangladesh.
(b) Kashmir.
(c) Nepal.
(d) Punjab.

12. What are Musa's recoveries described as being stored in, in Chapter 8?
(a) Metal boxes.
(b) Burlap bags.
(c) Envelopes.
(d) Food containers.

13. What does Kashmini "protocol" (372) refer to in regards to Musa and Tito's sexual engagement in Chapter 9?
(a) They dress before sleeping.
(b) They sleep in separate beds.
(c) They remain dressed while having intercourse.
(d) The do not face one another in bed.

14. The poem read to Musa in Chapter 12 and translated into English says: "How/ to/ tell/ a/ shattered/ story?/ By/ slowly/ becoming/ everybody./ No./ By slowly becoming" (442) what?
(a) "Nothing."
(b) "Everything."
(c) "Obsolete."
(d) "Omniscient."

15. At whose grave was Anjum when she said a prayer in Chapter 12?
(a) Bombay Silk's grave.
(b) Comrade Maase Revathy's grave..
(c) Arifa's grave.
(d) Zainab's grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zainab do with the crow he found trapped in Chapter 10?

2. Who was Tilo's mother?

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

4. At the Jannat Guest House, who taught classes in arithmetic, drawing, computer graphics, and "eccentricy" (403) in Chapter 10?

5. Where is the hospital where Tilo's mother died?

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