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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. Where did Saddam Hussein find a job in America?
(a) The Lucille Lortel Theater.
(b) The National Gallery of Modern Art.
(c) The Museum of Modern Art.
(d) The Met.

2. Nimmo Gorakpuri told Aftab in Chapter 2 that God created creatures like them because he wanted to create "a living creature that is incapable of" (27) what?
(a) "Sex."
(b) "Worry."
(c) "Consequence."
(d) "Happiness."

3. What word in Chapter 2 refers to a Muslim religious ascetic who lives on alms?
(a) Fakir.
(b) Accha.
(c) Dargah.
(d) Theek.

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

5. The narrator opens Chapter 1 with the line, "She lived in the graveyard like" (7) what?
(a) "A tombstone."
(b) "A blade of grass."
(c) "A tree."
(d) "A flower."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is described by the narrator as having brought Anjum a black ram in Chapter 2?

3. Who is described as the "blind imam who had once led the prayers in the Fatehpuri Masjid" in Chapter 1?

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

5. Whose death haunted Anjum as she tried to sleep in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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