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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 are Musa's recoveries described as being stored in, in Chapter 8?
(a) Food containers.
(b) Metal boxes.
(c) Envelopes.
(d) Burlap bags.

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

3. What was Ashfaq Mir's position when he met with Naga in 1996?
(a) Deputy Commandant of the Shira Cinema JIC.
(b) CEO of Intergalactic Technology, Inc.
(c) Deputy Commandant of the Arima Cinema.
(d) Director of Activities at the National Museum.

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

5. From what narrative tense is The Ministry of Utmost Happiness largely related?
(a) Future tense.
(b) Present tense.
(c) Past tense.
(d) Present Progressive tense.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Biplab been prior to the opening of Chapter 11?

2. Who was Tilo's husband that she was leaving in Chapter 8?

3. What did Tilo attribute to her decision to leave her husband in Chapter 8?

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

5. What did Zainab find a crow trapped by on Independence Day in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Tilo's encounter at the zoo described in Chapter 8? What do you think this encounter symbolizes?

3. What is described in the poem from Chapter 12 and how does it connect to the themes of the novel?

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

5. What animal symbolism appears in Chapter 10?

6. Why did Tilo flee in Chapter 8? Who did she enlist to help her?

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

8. What did Naga ask Tilo about Commander Gulrez after they were released in Chapter 8? What did she reply?

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

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

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