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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. In the Prologue, the narrator describes the flying foxes as they "drift across the city like smoke" (5). What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Simile.
(b) Flashback.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

2. What does the protagonist in Chapter 1 use to sooth her hurts and blows?
(a) The whispers of her dreams.
(b) The music of her leaves.
(c) The sound of the lapping waves.
(d) The breath of the sun.

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

4. Where was Saddam Hussein fired from when he came to the cemetery?
(a) The school.
(b) The bank.
(c) The mortuary.
(d) The bakery.

5. What prompted Saddam Hussein to change his name?
(a) His father's death.
(b) His mother's death.
(c) His embracing of Judaism.
(d) His love of Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Saddam Hussein find a job in America?

2. 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?

3. What name refers to Aftab later in life?

4. What shared experience does Anjum conclude she shares with the imam in Chapter 1?

5. What word in Chapter 1 refers to an evening of entertainment poetry or concert of Indian classical music?

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