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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poem read to Musa in Chapter 12 and translated into English says: "How/ to/ tell/ a/ shattered/ story?/ By/ slowly/ becoming/ everybody./ No./ By slowly becoming" (442) what?
(a) "Everything."
(b) "Nothing."
(c) "Omniscient."
(d) "Obsolete."

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

3. Biplab's laments in Chapter 11 include the fact that "the world is inured to the sight of" (435) what?
(a) "The reverie of angels."
(b) "Piled-up corpses."
(c) "Poverty and injustice."
(d) "Closure."

4. The narrator in Chapter 9 describes Miss Jebeen as becoming one of the greatest martyrs of what movement?
(a) The Chuar movement.
(b) The Kabul movement.
(c) The Kashmiri movement.
(d) The Maharashtra movement.

5. Who was the popular university lecturer that was killed in the massacre in which Miss Jebeen died?
(a) Usman Abdullah.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(c) Maggan.
(d) Dr. Azad Bhartiya.

6. Where did the wedding party get lunch in Chapter 10?
(a) Aijaz's.
(b) Nando's.
(c) Zainab's.
(d) Arifa's.

7. How is the dung beetle described in Chapter 12 (444)?
(a) "Wide awake and on duty."
(b) "Angry and perplexed."
(c) "Hiding in the muddy earth."
(d) "Crossing toward the river."

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

9. What did Saddam delete when pressed by Zainib after proposing to her in Chapter 10?
(a) The video of his father being killed in a massacre.
(b) The video of Saddm Hussein's hanging.
(c) The video of the 9/11 attacks.
(d) The video of his first wedding.

10. What name did Miss Jebeen the Second's mother say her daughter's name was in her letter in Chapter 10?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Naga.
(c) Udaya.
(d) Aijaz.

11. Where does the narrator describe Tilo meeting Musa alongside an entourage of orphan boys in Chapter 8?
(a) The Blue Fort.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) The Red Fort.
(d) The Yellow Bridge.

12. What political party did Miss Jebeen's mother adopt?
(a) Commercialism.
(b) Nazism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Communism.

13. What did Tilo attribute to her decision to leave her husband in Chapter 8?
(a) The death of her father.
(b) Her husband having an affair.
(c) Her falling for another man.
(d) The death of her mother.

14. What is the dung beetle called in Chapter 12?
(a) Zainab.
(b) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(c) Guih Kom.
(d) Arifa.

15. What happened to the chair that Tilo was leaning on at her mother's hospital bed?
(a) It disappeared.
(b) It lit on fire mysteriously.
(c) It raised up and smashed down.
(d) It broke apart and made her fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many mobile phones of Musa's are described as part of his "recoveries" in Chapter 8?

2. In what kind of car did Saddam and his new bride ride through Delhi in after the wedding in Chapter 10?

3. Who read Musa a poem when he arrived in Chapter 12?

4. What did the Jannat Guest House residents place on the grave of Miss Jebeen the Second's mother to honor her political beliefs?

5. How did Musa reply to Biplab's question as to whether he killed Amrik Singh in Chapter 11?

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