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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Zainab do with the crow he found trapped in Chapter 10?
(a) He shot it.
(b) He ate it.
(c) He broke its neck.
(d) He freed it.

2. 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 did not kill him, but they made him kill himself.
(c) He killed him and payed his sentence.
(d) He did not kill him and was not near him when he died.

3. 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?
(a) Agra, Delhi, and Chandigarh.
(b) Vadodara and Ludhiana.
(c) Patna, Mumbai, and Bhopal.
(d) Bathani, Mumbai, and Bihar.

4. Biplab's laments in Chapter 11 include the fact that "the world is inured to the sight of" (435) what?
(a) "Poverty and injustice."
(b) "Closure."
(c) "Piled-up corpses."
(d) "The reverie of angels."

5. What did Miss Jebeen the Second's mother swear she would live and die by in the conclusion of her letter from Chapter 10?
(a) The hand of her father.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Her gun.
(d) The hand of her husband.

6. What were Miss Jebeen and her mother watching from their balcony in the flashback in Chapter 9?
(a) A passing theater troop.
(b) A church service.
(c) A funeral procession.
(d) A religious festival.

7. Who became the new Prime Minister of India in Chapter 10?
(a) Gujarat ka Lalla.
(b) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(c) Mulaqat Ali.
(d) Dr. Azad Bhartiya.

8. Who had begun giving singing lessons again at the Jannat Guest House in Chapter 10?
(a) Ustad Hameed.
(b) Aijaz.
(c) Dr. Azad Bhartiya.
(d) Naga.

9. At the Jannat Guest House, who taught classes in arithmetic, drawing, computer graphics, and "eccentricy" (403) in Chapter 10?
(a) Tilo.
(b) Aijaz.
(c) Dr. Azad Bhartiya.
(d) Naga.

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

11. In what language was the poem that was read to Musa in Chapter 12?
(a) Dogri.
(b) Kashmiri.
(c) Urdu.
(d) Nepali.

12. What is the name of the dog that accompanied Tilo in her escape in Chapter 8?
(a) Miss Jebeen.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(c) Shiva.
(d) Comrade Laali.

13. Who was the popular university lecturer that was killed in the massacre in which Miss Jebeen died?
(a) Dr. Azad Bhartiya.
(b) Usman Abdullah.
(c) Maggan.
(d) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.

14. What name did Miss Jebeen the Second's mother say her daughter's name was in her letter in Chapter 10?
(a) Naga.
(b) Udaya.
(c) Aijaz.
(d) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.

15. Who brought the letter that was claimed to be from Miss Jebeen the Second's biological mother in Chapter 10?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Dr. Bhartiya.
(c) Aijaz.
(d) Naga.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would you describe the structure of The Utmost Ministry of Happiness?

2. What comprises the old notebook of Tilo's amongst Musa's "recoveries" in Chapter 8?

3. How old was Miss Jebeen when she died?

4. What did the mother who wrote the letter in Chapter 10 say that her mother was embarrassed by?

5. Where was Musa when he met his wife?

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