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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does the narrator use to describe "when the sun has gone out but the light has not" (5) in the Prologue?

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

3. How did Jahanara feel initially after discovering the "girl part" (11) on Aftab?

4. Why did the soldiers save Anjum's life, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

5. What religious conversion did Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed make upon arriving in Delhi?

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