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

2. What come home after the bats leave, according to the narrator in the Prologue?
(a) The bears.
(b) The wolves.
(c) The doves.
(d) The crows.

3. What phrase does the narrator use to describe "when the sun has gone out but the light has not" (5) in the Prologue?
(a) "The magic hour."
(b) "The witching hour."
(c) "The silent hour."
(d) "The golden hour."

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

5. What was the charge that Saddam's father faced when he was arrested?
(a) Cow-slaughter.
(b) Murder.
(c) Robbery.
(d) Theft.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Antun when she announced her decision to leave the Khwabgah?

3. What word in the novel refers to the shrines over the grave of a revered religious figure?

4. 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?

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

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