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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: "The Tenant" (pages 268-317) .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many mobile phones of Musa's are described as part of his "recoveries" in Chapter 8?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Nine.

2. Who visited to gather some of Tilo's clothing in the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Naga.
(b) Anjun and Saddam.
(c) Amrik Singh.
(d) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.

3. Who was Tilo's husband that she was leaving in Chapter 8?
(a) Begum.
(b) Naga.
(c) Saddam Hussein.
(d) Arifa.

4. Why did the soldiers save Anjum's life, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) Because they believed it was bad luck to kill a hijra.
(b) Because she was pregnant.
(c) Because she held them at gunpoint until they fled.
(d) Because she was in disguise.

5. What phrase does the narrator use to describe "when the sun has gone out but the light has not" (5) in the Prologue?
(a) "The silent hour."
(b) "The witching hour."
(c) "The golden hour."
(d) "The magic hour."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the Englishmen returned in Chapter 1 and told Manju that her name actually spoken backwards was not Manju, what did he say her real name was backwards?

3. What had the hijras decorated Tilo's room as in Chapter 8?

4. How did Jahanara feel initially after discovering the "girl part" (11) on Aftab?

5. What is the narrator's name revealed to be in Chapter 7?

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