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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Musa reply to Biplab's question as to whether he killed Amrik Singh in Chapter 11?
(a) He did not kill him and was not near him when he died.
(b) He killed him but covered up the murder and blamed someone else.
(c) He did not kill him, but they made him kill himself.
(d) He killed him and payed his sentence.

2. On what houseboat did Tilo meet Commander Gulrez in Chapter 9?
(a) The HB Aijaz.
(b) The HB Bhartiya.
(c) The HB Gorkhpuri.
(d) The HB Shaheen.

3. What did Zainab do with the crow he found trapped in Chapter 10?
(a) He shot it.
(b) He freed it.
(c) He broke its neck.
(d) He ate it.

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

5. What took place after a member of the wedding party announced his father had died at that location in Chapter 10?
(a) They held a second funeral for him.
(b) They lef the building quickly.
(c) They called for the manager.
(d) They began to weep and keen.

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

7. What is the name of the young Kashmiri boy who was summoned by Ashfaq Mir in Chapter 8?
(a) Aijaz.
(b) Zainab.
(c) Zakir.
(d) Arifa.

8. Which story from Tilo's journal describes wanting to write “one of those sophisticated stories in which even though nothing much happens there’s lots to write about” (288)?
(a) "The Dreamer."
(b) "Story."
(c) "Nothing."
(d) "The Writer."

9. To whom does Tilo imagine a series of letters written from the four crushed boys in Chapter 8?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A sister.
(c) Her father.
(d) A doctor.

10. Who announced that his father had died at the same spot as the restaurant for the wedding party in Chapter 10?
(a) Naga.
(b) Aijaz.
(c) Saddam.
(d) Dr. Azad Bhartiya.

11. What has Biplab begun doing in Chapter 11?
(a) Binge drinking.
(b) Chain-smoking.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Binge reading.

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

13. What did Miss Jebeen the Second's mother swear she would live and die by in the conclusion of her letter from Chapter 10?
(a) The hand of her husband.
(b) Her gun.
(c) Freedom.
(d) The hand of her father.

14. What were the group of young men feeding to a hippo at the zoo when Tilo visited in Chapter 8?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Cups of rice.
(c) Razor blades.
(d) Daahl.

15. What is the name of the mother whose letter is revealed in Chapter 10?
(a) Naga.
(b) Aijaz.
(c) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(d) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.

Short Answer Questions

1. At whose grave was Anjum when she said a prayer in Chapter 12?

2. Who brought the letter that was claimed to be from Miss Jebeen the Second's biological mother in Chapter 10?

3. Where did Musa arrive at nighttime in the begining of Chapter 12?

4. Musa told Tilo in the basement in Chapter 9 to either get married to do what?

5. What did the residents of the Jannat Guest House rename the baby as in the conclusion of Chapter 10?

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