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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 does "la ilaha" (13) translate to in English?
(a) "The love of God."
(b) "There is no God."
(c) "Allah as God."
(d) "Praise Allah."

2. When the Englishmen returned in Chapter 1 and told Manju that her name actually spoken backwards was not Manju, what did he say her real name was backwards?
(a) Munja.
(b) Musa Yeswi.
(c) Arifa.
(d) Naga.

3. What did Anjum name the little three-year-old girl she found on the steps of Jama Masjid?
(a) Amrik.
(b) Zainab.
(c) Musa.
(d) Arifa.

4. What poison has killed the white-backed vultures?
(a) Agent Orange.
(b) Arsenic.
(c) Diclofenac.
(d) Gasoline.

5. Who was the love of Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's life for whom he traveled to Delhi?
(a) Zainab.
(b) Amrik Singh.
(c) Abhay Chand.
(d) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name refers to Aftab later in life?

2. What did the filmmaker ask Anjum and her friends to recite in Chapter 3?

3. What word in Chapter 2 refers to a Muslim religious ascetic who lives on alms?

4. At what age did Aftab adopt his hijras name?

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

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