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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. How is the following phrase translated into English in Chapter 1? "Sach Khuda hai. Khuda hi Sach hai" (9)?
(a) "Truth is God. God is Truth."
(b) "Love to God. God's love returns."
(c) "One is all. All is One."
(d) "Truth is freedom. Freedom is truth."

2. What did Anjum use to sleep on in the cemetery in Chapter 3?
(a) A bedspread.
(b) A sleeping bag.
(c) A blanket of leaves.
(d) A rolled carpet.

3. What does the word "chamar" translate to in English?
(a) "Beloved."
(b) "Bisexual."
(c) "Hermaphrodite."
(d) "Untouchable."

4. Who is the Station House Officer that arrested Saddam's father?
(a) Sehrawat.
(b) California.
(c) Kabul.
(d) Bangalore.

5. Whose ghosts does the protagonist in Chapter 1 confer with daily?
(a) The ghosts of the wolves.
(b) The ghosts of the vultures.
(c) The ghosts of the tigers.
(d) The ghosts of the villagers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At what age did Aftab adopt his hijras name?

4. To what story does the English man compare the story of Laila and Manju in Chapter 1?

5. Who is described as a building contractor and Anjun's friend who visited her at the cemetery in Chapter 2?

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