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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: "Khwabgah" (pages 11-62) .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At what age did Aftab adopt his hijras name?
(a) 19.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

4. 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) "Happiness."
(b) "Sex."
(c) "Consequence."
(d) "Worry."

5. What does the word "Khwabgah" (23) translate to in English?
(a) "House of Disdain."
(b) "House of Holiness."
(c) "House of Dreams."
(d) "House of Courage."

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does the narrator say that "Not many noticed the passing of the friendly old birds" (5) in the Prologue?

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

4. What come home after the bats leave, according to the narrator in the Prologue?

5. For how long does the narrator say the white-backed vultures have been the custodians of the dead in the Prologue?

(see the answer key)

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