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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the group of young men feeding the hippo call Tilo in Chapter 8 (239)?
(a) "Nigger madam."
(b) "Crooked hag."
(c) "Old woman."
(d) "Muslim betrayer."

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of car did Saddam and his new bride ride through Delhi in after the wedding in Chapter 10?

2. What name did Miss Jebeen the Second's mother say her daughter's name was in her letter in Chapter 10?

3. What show was being put on the night that Tilo met Musa?

4. Chapter 12 focuses on encouraging the reader to think about what?

5. Biplab has read all of the documents from where in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does ACP Pinky do to Tilo in Chapter 9? Why?

2. What is included in Tilo's notebook that she examined in Chapter 8? Why did Musa have this notebook?

3. What story did Musa recall telling his daughter in Chapter 9? What was Musa doing as he recalled this memory?

4. How is Tilo's mother described? How did Tilo feel about her mother?

5. How is the theme of gender expectations explored in Chapter 10?

6. How were Tilo and the baby greeted at the Jannat Guest House in Chapter 8?

7. Who or what is Guih Kom and what is signficiant about his/her appearance in Chapter 12?

8. What was indicated by the death of Usman Abdullah in Chapter 9?

9. Where were Musa's recoveries stored? Why?

10. What is Tilo's connection to the baby that appeared in the streets?

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