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

2. What has caused the change in Biplab's views on the militant movement in Kashmir by the end of the novel?

3. The narrator in Chapter 9 describes Miss Jebeen as becoming one of the greatest martyrs of what movement?

4. Where is the hospital where Tilo's mother died?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How have the circumstances of Biplab Dasgupta's life changed in the opening of Chapter 11?

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

3. What did Biplab Dasgupta ask Musa about Amrik Singh in Chapter 11? How did Musa reply?

4. What are comprised of Musa's "recoveries"?

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

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

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

8. What animal symbolism appears in Chapter 10?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Anjum in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Is Anjum a protagonist or antagonist? Why? What are Anjum's defining characteristics? What is revealed about her through her behavior and actions?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss elements of animal symbolism in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. What are some of the animals that the author focuses on in the Prologue and in the final chapter? What do these animals symbolize to you? What is their purpose in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Tilo in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Is Tilo a protagonist or antagonist? Why? What is revealed of Tilo's backstory and her family? What do Tilo's actions reveal about her character?

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