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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 pregnancy.
(c) Her lack of coordination.
(d) Her ignorance.

2. 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 did not kill him and was not near him when he died.
(d) He killed him but covered up the murder and blamed someone else.

3. Chapter 12 focuses on encouraging the reader to think about what?
(a) What or who is important when it comes to improving and protecting the world.
(b) Whether it is more important to follow one's religious beliefs than to act nobly.
(c) Why the sins of the father fall to the son.
(d) Whether one should stand up to those in power.

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

5. Where is the hospital where Tilo's mother died?
(a) Damavand.
(b) Cochin.
(c) Abadan
(d) Abyek

6. Alongside how many others was Miss Jebeen and her mother buried?
(a) 15.
(b) 25.
(c) 50.
(d) 35.

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

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

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

10. 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) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(d) Aijaz.

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

12. The narrator in Chapter 9 describes Miss Jebeen as becoming one of the greatest martyrs of what movement?
(a) The Chuar movement.
(b) The Maharashtra movement.
(c) The Kashmiri movement.
(d) The Kabul movement.

13. To whose shrine did Anmum take Saddam and Zainab after their wedding in Chapter 10?
(a) Hazrat Sarmad's shrine.
(b) Aijaz's shriine.
(c) Naga's shrine.
(d) Nimmo Gorakhpuri's shrine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Anjum take for a walk around the city in Chapter 12?

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

3. Where are Musa's recoveries described as being stored in, in Chapter 8?

4. What is the name of the dog that accompanied Tilo in her escape in Chapter 8?

5. What is the name of the young Kashmiri boy who was summoned by Ashfaq Mir in Chapter 8?

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