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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 shared experience does Anjum conclude she shares with the imam in Chapter 1?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Envy.

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

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

4. What does "la ilaha" (13) translate to in English?
(a) "Allah as God."
(b) "Praise Allah."
(c) "There is no God."
(d) "The love of God."

5. Who does the narrator say moved in with Anjum at her home in the cemetery in Chapter 2?
(a) Zakir Mian.
(b) Mulaqat Ali.
(c) Amrik Singh.
(d) Biplab Dasgupta.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What phrase does the narrator use to describe "when the sun has gone out but the light has not" (5) in the Prologue?

4. How is the following phrase translated into English in Chapter 1? "Sach Khuda hai. Khuda hi Sach hai" (9)?

5. What did the filmmaker ask Anjum and her friends to recite in Chapter 3?

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