View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Musa told Tilo in the basement in Chapter 9 to either get married to do what?
(a) To get refugee status in America.
(b) To go see her mother.
(c) To enter a nunnery.
(d) To return to Kabul.

2. Where does the narrator describe Tilo meeting Musa alongside an entourage of orphan boys in Chapter 8?
(a) The Red Fort.
(b) The Blue Fort.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) The Yellow Bridge.

3. What word from Chapter 9 refers to a form of cloth headgear designed to expose only part of the face?
(a) A chadri.
(b) A fedora.
(c) A burqa.
(d) A balaclava.

4. What took place after a member of the wedding party announced his father had died at that location in Chapter 10?
(a) They held a second funeral for him.
(b) They lef the building quickly.
(c) They called for the manager.
(d) They began to weep and keen.

5. What did the mother who wrote the letter in Chapter 10 say that her mother was embarrassed by?
(a) Her dark skin color.
(b) Her ignorance.
(c) Her pregnancy.
(d) Her lack of coordination.

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

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

8. Where had Biplab been prior to the opening of Chapter 11?
(a) Rehab.
(b) Prison.
(c) Church.
(d) A nunnery.

9. What show was being put on the night that Tilo met Musa?
(a) The Festival of Lights and Darkness.
(b) The Festival of Vishnu.
(c) The Brahma Festival Show.
(d) The Sound and Light Show.

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

11. 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)?
(a) "The Writer."
(b) "Nothing."
(c) "The Dreamer."
(d) "Story."

12. What became the national emblem of India in Chapter 10?
(a) The White-Backed Vulture.
(b) The Golden Circle.
(c) The Eagle.
(d) The Holy Cow.

13. Who was Tilo's mother?
(a) Maryam Ipe.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(c) Aijaz.
(d) Jahanara Begum.

14. Who was tortured in front of Tilo by the police when they searched for Musa in Chapter 9?
(a) Dr. Azad Bhartiya.
(b) Commander Gulrez.
(c) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(d) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.

15. On what houseboat did Tilo meet Commander Gulrez in Chapter 9?
(a) The HB Shaheen.
(b) The HB Aijaz.
(c) The HB Gorkhpuri.
(d) The HB Bhartiya.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What has caused the change in Biplab's views on the militant movement in Kashmir by the end of the novel?

4. Who had begun giving singing lessons again at the Jannat Guest House in Chapter 10?

5. What did Saddam delete when pressed by Zainib after proposing to her in Chapter 10?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 589 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample