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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. Where did Musa leave for when leaving the Guest House in Chapter 12?
(a) Nepal.
(b) Bangladesh.
(c) Punjab.
(d) Kashmir.
2. Who was Tilo's husband that she was leaving in Chapter 8?
(a) Arifa.
(b) Naga.
(c) Saddam Hussein.
(d) Begum.
3. When did the messenger tell Tilo that Musa would meet her after his escape in Chapter 9?
(a) After the Sound and Light Show.
(b) After the massacre ended.
(c) After Gulrez's funeral.
(d) After Aijaz's funeral.
4. Biplab's laments in Chapter 11 include the fact that "the world is inured to the sight of" (435) what?
(a) "Piled-up corpses."
(b) "Closure."
(c) "The reverie of angels."
(d) "Poverty and injustice."
5. What did the group of young men feeding the hippo call Tilo in Chapter 8 (239)?
(a) "Crooked hag."
(b) "Muslim betrayer."
(c) "Nigger madam."
(d) "Old woman."
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the mother whose letter is revealed in Chapter 10?
2. Who read Musa a poem when he arrived in Chapter 12?
3. At the Jannat Guest House, who taught classes in arithmetic, drawing, computer graphics, and "eccentricy" (403) in Chapter 10?
4. What is the name of Miss Jebeen's mother, according to her grave inscription?
5. What were the group of young men feeding to a hippo at the zoo when Tilo visited in Chapter 8?
Short Essay Questions
1. How were Tilo and the baby greeted at the Jannat Guest House in Chapter 8?
2. How is the theme of gender expectations explored in Chapter 10?
3. What story did Musa recall telling his daughter in Chapter 9? What was Musa doing as he recalled this memory?
4. What is included in Tilo's notebook that she examined in Chapter 8? Why did Musa have this notebook?
5. Why was the young Kahmiri boy brought in by Ashfaq Mir in Chapter 8? How is he described?
6. How does the narrator describe Tilo's act of leaving Naga in Chapter 8? For how long were they married?
7. Why did Tilo decide against keeping the child in the end of Chapter 9?
8. How has Biplab Dasgupta's outlook on Indian politics changed by Chapter 11?
9. What is described in the poem from Chapter 12 and how does it connect to the themes of the novel?
10. What does ACP Pinky do to Tilo in Chapter 9? Why?
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