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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: "The Untimely Death of Miss Jebeen the First".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Miss Jebeen when she died?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Nine.

2. What did the filmmaker ask Anjum and her friends to recite in Chapter 3?
(a) "I'd buy the world a Coke."
(b) "Another World is Possible."
(c) "Peace on Earth."
(d) "Hands Around the World."

3. Whose arrest, torture, and killing was Major Amrik Singh responsible for, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) Jalib Qadri.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy.

4. Where was Miss Jebeen buried?
(a) The Mazar-e-Shohadda.
(b) The Jairampur Cemetery.
(c) The Khushbagh.
(d) The Sewri Christian Cemetery.

5. In Chapter 2, Anjun recalls the government army having shouted "Only one place for the Mussalman! The graveyard or" (66) where?
(a) "Egypt."
(b) "America."
(c) "Pakistan."
(d) "Afghanistan."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as a building contractor and Anjun's friend who visited her at the cemetery in Chapter 2?

2. Why did the soldiers save Anjum's life, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

3. On what houseboat did Tilo meet Commander Gulrez in Chapter 9?

4. Where did the narrator of Chapter 7 long to return?

5. Where was Saddam Hussein fired from when he came to the cemetery?

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