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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the dung beetle called in Chapter 12?

2. What did rumors suggest was actually the first martyr buried at the Martyr's Graveyard in Chapter 9?

3. To whose shrine did Anmum take Saddam and Zainab after their wedding in Chapter 10?

4. What comprises the old notebook of Tilo's amongst Musa's "recoveries" in Chapter 8?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where was Miss Jebeen the First buried? How did she die?

3. What classes were being taught at the Jannat Guest House in the beginning of Chapter 10?

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

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

6. Why was the young Kahmiri boy brought in by Ashfaq Mir in Chapter 8? How is he described?

7. What questions are posed to the reader regarding the men crushed by the truck in Chapter 8? Why are these questions significant?

8. How is Miss Jebeen the Second's mother's pregnancy described in her letter?

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

10. How is the encounter between Biplab Dasgupta and Musa described in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Musa Yeswi in the novel. What is revealed of Musa's wife and child? With whom did Musa become involved with after the death of his wife? What has happened to Musa in the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Biplab Dasgupta. Why do you think that this is the only character who has a first-person narrative? How does Biplab Dasgupta further the plot of the novel? What becomes of him by the end of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Identify and discuss the plot points and plot structure of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Where in the narrative does the exposition transition into rising action? Where is the climax? What information is revealed in the falling action and denouement?

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