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Midnight’s Children

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Themes, Motifs & Symbols

Book One: The Perforated Sheet, Mercurochrome

Hit-the-Spittoon, Under the Carpet

A Public Announcement, Many-headed Monsters

Methwold, Tick, Tock

Book Two: The Fisherman's Pointing Finger, Snakes and Ladders

Accident in a Washing-chest, All India Radio

Love in Bombay, My Tenth Birthday

At the Pioneer Café, Alpha and Omega

The Kolynos Kid, Commander Sabarmati's Baton

Revelations, Movements Performed by Pepperpots

Drainage and the Desert, Jamila Singer

How Saleem Achieved Purity

Book Three: The Buddha, In the Sundarbans

Sam and the Tiger, The Shadow of the Mosque

A Wedding, Midnight

Important Quotations Explained

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Salman Rushdie

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1. Where does Aadam Aziz initially live?

(A) Pakistan

(B) New York

(C) Germany

(D) Kashmir

2. What is Aadam's most prominent feature?

(A) His hair

(B) His weight

(C) His teeth

(D) His nose

3. Who is Saleem's faithful listener?

(A) Padma

(B) Mary

(C) His son

(D) Parvati

4. What is Shiva the god of?

(A) Love

(B) Destruction

(C) Rain

(D) Fertility

5. How many midnight's children are there initially?

(A) 420

(B) 581

(C) 1,001

(D) 101

6. What religion is Mary Pereira?

(A) Catholic

(B) Buddhist

(C) Muslim

(D) Protestant

7. What is Ahmed addicted to?

(A) Women

(B) Gambling

(C) Alcohol

(D) Drugs

8. What is the name of the estate Saleem is raised on?

(A) Bombay Palace

(B) Methwold's

(C) Buckingham

(D) Jamaica

9. What is the last thing Amina sees before dying?

(A) Her father

(B) Saleem

(C) A washing chest

(D) Her mother

10. What happens to Hanif?

(A) He commits suicide

(B) He is shot

(C) He wins the lottery

(D) He shoots his wife

11. What does Saleem see in the mind of Evie Burns?

(A) A pack of wild cats

(B) Himself

(C) A knife dripping blood

(D) Sonny

12. Who is Tai Bibi?

(A) A cab driver

(B) Saleem's aunt

(C) The prime minister

(D) A prostitute

13. On what day does India receive its independence?

(A) August 15

(B) September 22

(C) August 14

(D) January 1

14. What is Shiva's special gift?

(A) Huge ears

(B) Magic

(C) Powerful knees

(D) The ability to dance

15. Who is Saleem's biological father?

(A) Aadam

(B) William Methwold

(C) Wee Willie Winkie

(D) Ahmed

16. What is Saleem's favorite hiding spot in the house?

(A) The basement

(B) The backyard

(C) A washing chest

(D) The bathroom

17. What is Mian Abdullah the head of?

(A) The Socialist Party

(B) The Free India Party

(C) The Hari Krishnas

(D) The Free Islam Convocation

18. Why happens to Ahmed do bring his wife and family back to him?

(A) He loses his sight

(B) He dies

(C) He has a heart boot

(D) He loses all of his money

19. Who is Saleem's son named after?

(A) His grandfather

(B) His father

(C) His enemy

(D) The prime minister

20. Who is the Widow?

(A) Saleem's mother

(B) Mary

(C) The prime minister

(D) Saleem's sister

21. Where is Saleem sent while in the army?

(A) Pakistan

(B) Bombay

(C) Kashmir

(D) Bangladesh

22. What saves Saleem's life as a baby?

(A) Breast milk

(B) Snake venom

(C) Magic

(D) His grandmother's cooking

23. Who does Amina meet at the Pioneer Café?

(A) Ahmed

(B) Commander Sabarmati

(C) Hanif

(D) Nadir Khan

24. Where is Saleem's family living when they are killed?

(A) Delhi

(B) Dacca

(C) Karachi

(D) Bombay

25. What is Saleem's son born with?

(A) A head full of hair

(B) Enormous ears

(C) Huge feet

(D) Big hands

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