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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: "The Tenant" (pages 217-268) .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's name revealed to be in Chapter 7?
(a) Jahanara Begum.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy.

2. Whose help did Tilo enlist in order to relocate with the baby in Chapter 8?
(a) Jahanara Begum's.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri's.
(c) Damavand's.
(d) Dr. Azad Bhartiya's.

3. To what does the narrator describe Tilottama's skin in Chapter 7?
(a) Melted bronze.
(b) Café au lait.
(c) Black coffee.
(d) Powdered milk.

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

5. With what architecture student does the narrator describe Tilo being close with in Chapter 7?
(a) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(b) Musa Yeswi.
(c) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(d) Biplab Dasgupta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe awaiting in the opening of Chapter 7?

2. What is the system of delegating peoples into different segregated groups called in India?

3. What does "Jannat" translate to in English?

4. What word in Chapter 2 refers to a Muslim religious ascetic who lives on alms?

5. Whom does the narrator identify as the soldier that is being tortured in the photos in Tilo's apartment?

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