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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. What do the protagonist and the Englishman share with one another in Chapter 1?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) A plate of rice.
(c) A bottle of whiskey.
(d) A Coca Cola.

2. What word in the novel refers to the shrines over the grave of a revered religious figure?
(a) Kuches.
(b) Nahins.
(c) Aamdeeds.
(d) Dargahs.

3. Why does the narrator say that "Not many noticed the passing of the friendly old birds" (5) in the Prologue?
(a) "There was so much else to look forward to."
(b) "There were so many atrocities to face."
(c) "There was too much to worry about."
(d) "There was so much death around."

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?
(a) Musa Yeswi.
(b) Arifa.
(c) Naga.
(d) Munja.

5. What name refers to Aftab later in life?
(a) Arifa.
(b) Anjun.
(c) Zainab.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. The narrator opens Chapter 1 with the line, "She lived in the graveyard like" (7) what?

4. Who was the love of Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's life for whom he traveled to Delhi?

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

(see the answer key)

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