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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: "The Landlord".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Prologue, the narrator describes the flying foxes as they "drift across the city like smoke" (5). What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Flashback.

2. How many siblings did Afrab have when he/she was born?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

3. At what age did Aftab adopt his hijras name?
(a) 19.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

4. Where did the narrator of Chapter 7 long to return?
(a) Kabul.
(b) Mumbai.
(c) Kolkata.
(d) Bangalore.

5. Why did the soldiers save Anjum's life, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) Because she held them at gunpoint until they fled.
(b) Because she was in disguise.
(c) Because they believed it was bad luck to kill a hijra.
(d) Because she was pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in Chapter 1 refers to an evening of entertainment poetry or concert of Indian classical music?

2. What do the protagonist and the Englishman share with one another in Chapter 1?

3. What does the narrator describe awaiting in the opening of Chapter 7?

4. From what types of trees does the narrator describe the flying foxes unhinging themselves in the Prologue?

5. What address is on the card that Suddam left at the woman's house in Chapter 5?

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