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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. Whose death haunted Anjum as she tried to sleep in Chapter 3?
(a) Zainab's death.
(b) Comrade Maase Revathy's death.
(c) Arifa's death.
(d) Zakir Mian's death.

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) Arifa.
(b) Musa Yeswi.
(c) Munja.
(d) Naga.

3. How is gender applied to Urdu?
(a) There is a gender for every noun.
(b) There are no genders for any nouns.
(c) Some nouns have genders and others do not.
(d) All animal-based nouns have specific genders.

4. Who is described as the "blind imam who had once led the prayers in the Fatehpuri Masjid" in Chapter 1?
(a) Ziauddin.
(b) Musa Yeswi.
(c) Zainab.
(d) Naga.

5. With whom did Aftab take music lessons at the madrassa?
(a) Ustad Hameed Khan.
(b) Amrik Singh.
(c) Musa Yeswi.
(d) Biplab Dasgupta.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as a building contractor and Anjun's friend who visited her at the cemetery in Chapter 2?

2. What shared experience does Anjum conclude she shares with the imam in Chapter 1?

3. What prompted Saddam Hussein to change his name?

4. Who is the self-described sexologist that Mulaqat Ali took his son to see first?

5. What does "la ilaha" (13) translate to in English?

(see the answer key)

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