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

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

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

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

5. 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."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The poison that wiped out the white-backed vultures was used as a relaxant on what animals?

5. Whose ghosts does the protagonist in Chapter 1 confer with daily?

(see the answer key)

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