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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. What phrase does the narrator use to describe "when the sun has gone out but the light has not" (5) in the Prologue?
(a) "The golden hour."
(b) "The magic hour."
(c) "The witching hour."
(d) "The silent hour."

2. In Chapter 2, Anjun recalls the government army having shouted "Only one place for the Mussalman! The graveyard or" (66) where?
(a) "Egypt."
(b) "Pakistan."
(c) "America."
(d) "Afghanistan."

3. With whom did Aftab take music lessons at the madrassa?
(a) Amrik Singh.
(b) Musa Yeswi.
(c) Ustad Hameed Khan.
(d) Biplab Dasgupta.

4. What was the charge that Saddam's father faced when he was arrested?
(a) Cow-slaughter.
(b) Theft.
(c) Robbery.
(d) Murder.

5. What word in Chapter 1 refers to an evening of entertainment poetry or concert of Indian classical music?
(a) Mahfil.
(b) Naga.
(c) Arifa.
(d) Yeswi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Alongside whom was Anjum's mother buried in the cemetery?

3. Why did the soldiers save Anjum's life, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

4. What does the word "Khwabgah" (23) translate to in English?

5. 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?

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