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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: "Dr. Azad Bhartiya," Chapter 5: "The Slow-Goose Chase," and Chapter 6: "Some Questions for Later".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did the woman in the window above the lavendar gate recognize Saddam and Ishrat in Chapter 5?
(a) From Kolkata.
(b) From Bangalore..
(c) From Jantar Mantar.
(d) From Ahmedabad.

2. How many siblings did Afrab have when he/she was born?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

3. What does the narrator say the poor villagers were treated as in the opening of Chapter 3?
(a) The needed labor force.
(b) The helpless poor.
(c) Surplus-people.
(d) The desperate.

4. In his pamphlets, how long does it say that Dr. Azad Bhartiya has been protesting in Chapter 4?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 16 years.
(d) 9 years.

5. Who is described as the "blind imam who had once led the prayers in the Fatehpuri Masjid" in Chapter 1?
(a) Ziauddin.
(b) Naga.
(c) Musa Yeswi.
(d) Zainab.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's ancestry described?

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

3. 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?

4. How old was Antun when she announced her decision to leave the Khwabgah?

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

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