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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 (pages 121-144 and endnotes).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Flash's visitors want after Mangla leaves?
(a) The silver.
(b) The gold.
(c) The statue.
(d) Mangla.

2. Why did Jawaheer order Flash's assassination?
(a) For her own amusement.
(b) To revenge Flash's father.
(c) To win back the Koh-i-noor.
(d) To force a war against Britain.

3. Who does the seven-year-old boy say he has come to see?
(a) The great Afghan killer.
(b) An Englishman.
(c) The Afghan leader.
(d) A bean seller.

4. What does the Queen say the nabobs call the diamond?
(a) The Mountain of Light.
(b) The Sparkling Fool.
(c) Die Hard.
(d) The Fountain of Youth.

5. What does Jeendan want Flash to witness?
(a) Her meeting with the Khalsa.
(b) Her torture of her brother's killers.
(c) Her acting skills.
(d) Her coronation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Dalip related to Jawaheer?

2. Who is Flash talking to at the beginning of the novel?

3. Whose funeral does Flash attend at the beginning of chapter eight?

4. What does Flash say inspired this memoir?

5. Who do the Khalsa kill in this section?

(see the answer key)

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