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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: "The Landlord".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Antun when she announced her decision to leave the Khwabgah?
(a) 58.
(b) 32.
(c) 46.
(d) 15.

2. Why does the narrator say that the woman in the window was happy when the baby fell asleep?
(a) Because it was her sister's.
(b) Because it was not hers.
(c) Because it was a girl.
(d) Because it was hers.

3. What poison has killed the white-backed vultures?
(a) Arsenic.
(b) Diclofenac.
(c) Agent Orange.
(d) Gasoline.

4. What prompted Saddam Hussein to change his name?
(a) His embracing of Judaism.
(b) His love of Italy.
(c) His mother's death.
(d) His father's death.

5. For how long had the narrator of Chapter 7 known the woman who had lived on the second floor of his building?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 30 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was supposedly made a scapegoat for Jalib Qadri's death?

2. Whose death haunted Anjum as she tried to sleep in Chapter 3?

3. From where did the woman in the window above the lavendar gate recognize Saddam and Ishrat in Chapter 5?

4. Alongside whom was Anjum's mother buried in the cemetery?

5. What document discovered by the narrator in Chapter 7 describes a Special Task Force police forcing a group of people into a restroom?

(see the answer key)

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