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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. Alongside whom was Anjum's mother buried in the cemetery?
(a) Mulaqat Ali.
(b) Dr. Azad Bhartiya.
(c) Biplab Dasgupta.
(d) Mulaqat Ali.

2. What do the protagonist and the Englishman share with one another in Chapter 1?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) A Coca Cola.
(c) A plate of rice.
(d) A bottle of whiskey.

3. To what story does the English man compare the story of Laila and Manju in Chapter 1?
(a) All's Well that Ends Well.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Macbeth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist in Chapter 1 use to sooth her hurts and blows?

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

3. Where did Saddam Hussein find a job in America?

4. Who does the narrator say moved in with Anjum at her home in the cemetery in Chapter 2?

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

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