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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: "Khwabgah" (pages 62-99) and Chapter 3: "The Nativity".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mulaqat Ali's profession?
(a) Butcher.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Herbalist.
(d) Carpenter.

2. Who is described by the narrator as having brought Anjum a black ram in Chapter 2?
(a) Biplab Dasgupta.
(b) Amrik Singh.
(c) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(d) Mulaqat Ali.

3. What shared experience does Anjum conclude she shares with the imam in Chapter 1?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Judgment.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Envy.

4. How old was Antun when she announced her decision to leave the Khwabgah?
(a) 15.
(b) 58.
(c) 32.
(d) 46.

5. From what types of trees does the narrator describe the flying foxes unhinging themselves in the Prologue?
(a) Elm trees.
(b) Willow trees.
(c) Oak tree.
(d) Banyan trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is gender applied to Urdu?

2. Why does the narrator say that "Not many noticed the passing of the friendly old birds" (5) in the Prologue?

3. What does the narrator say the poor villagers were treated as in the opening of Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 2, Anjun recalls the government army having shouted "Only one place for the Mussalman! The graveyard or" (66) where?

5. What does the word "Khwabgah" (23) translate to in English?

(see the answer key)

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