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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Musa do with the gift offered him by Amrik Singh in Chapter 9?
(a) He threw it away.
(b) He sold it.
(c) He gave it away.
(d) He refused it.

2. What has Biplab begun doing in Chapter 11?
(a) Binge reading.
(b) Chain-smoking.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Binge drinking.

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

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

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

6. What were the group of young men feeding to a hippo at the zoo when Tilo visited in Chapter 8?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Razor blades.
(c) Cups of rice.
(d) Daahl.

7. What political party did Miss Jebeen's mother adopt?
(a) Commercialism.
(b) Nazism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Communism.

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

9. Into what type of family was Tilo's mother born?
(a) An Egyptian Muslim family.
(b) A Syrian Christian family.
(c) An Armenian Jewish family.
(d) An American Christian family.

10. 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) "Nothing."
(b) "The Writer."
(c) "Story."
(d) "The Dreamer."

11. What has caused the change in Biplab's views on the militant movement in Kashmir by the end of the novel?
(a) The documents from Tilo's apartment.
(b) His love affair with Comrade Maase Revathy.
(c) His experiences in Mumbai.
(d) His experiences in Kabul.

12. What did the Jannat Guest House residents place on the grave of Miss Jebeen the Second's mother to honor her political beliefs?
(a) A red rose.
(b) A red flag.
(c) A white flag.
(d) A white rose.

13. 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) "Obsolete."
(b) "Everything."
(c) "Nothing."
(d) "Omniscient."

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

15. Who was Tilo's husband that she was leaving in Chapter 8?
(a) Saddam Hussein.
(b) Arifa.
(c) Naga.
(d) Begum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became the national emblem of India in Chapter 10?

2. What is the name of the baby that Tilo took with her during her escape in Chapter 8?

3. To whom does Tilo imagine a series of letters written from the four crushed boys in Chapter 8?

4. What word from Chapter 9 refers to a form of cloth headgear designed to expose only part of the face?

5. How is the dung beetle described in Chapter 12 (444)?

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