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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What became the national emblem of India in Chapter 10?
(a) The White-Backed Vulture.
(b) The Eagle.
(c) The Golden Circle.
(d) The Holy Cow.

4. Where did Musa leave for when leaving the Guest House in Chapter 12?
(a) Punjab.
(b) Nepal.
(c) Kashmir.
(d) Bangladesh.

5. 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) "Obsolete."
(b) "Nothing."
(c) "Everything."
(d) "Omniscient."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Saddam delete when pressed by Zainib after proposing to her in Chapter 10?

2. What is the name of the dog that accompanied Tilo in her escape in Chapter 8?

3. What were Miss Jebeen and her mother watching from their balcony in the flashback in Chapter 9?

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

5. How did the mother who wrote the letter from Chapter 10 describe her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is included in Tilo's notebook that she examined in Chapter 8? Why did Musa have this notebook?

2. How is Tilo's encounter at the zoo described in Chapter 8? What do you think this encounter symbolizes?

3. What did Amrik Singh give to Musa after his wife's death? Why?

4. Where was Miss Jebeen the First buried? How did she die?

5. How is the encounter between Biplab Dasgupta and Musa described in Chapter 11?

6. How does the narrator describe Tilo's act of leaving Naga in Chapter 8? For how long were they married?

7. What does ACP Pinky do to Tilo in Chapter 9? Why?

8. What questions are posed to the reader regarding the men crushed by the truck in Chapter 8? Why are these questions significant?

9. How has Biplab Dasgupta's outlook on Indian politics changed by Chapter 11?

10. What is Tilo's connection to the baby that appeared in the streets?

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