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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. What did Anjum name the little three-year-old girl she found on the steps of Jama Masjid?
(a) Zainab.
(b) Musa.
(c) Arifa.
(d) Amrik.

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

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

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

5. Why does the narrator say that the woman in the window was happy when the baby fell asleep?
(a) Because it was her sister's.
(b) Because it was hers.
(c) Because it was a girl.
(d) Because it was not hers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Anjun recalls the government army having shouted "Only one place for the Mussalman! The graveyard or" (66) where?

2. What religious conversion did Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed make upon arriving in Delhi?

3. What does the narrator say that Dr. Azad Bhartiya was protesting in Chapter 4?

4. 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?

5. What does the word "chamar" translate to in English?

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