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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 is the system of delegating peoples into different segregated groups called in India?
(a) The gargu system.
(b) The perdu system.
(c) The ermad system.
(d) The caste system.

2. What religious conversion did Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed make upon arriving in Delhi?
(a) He converted from Judaism to Christian.
(b) He converted from Orthodox Islam to Judaism.
(c) He converted from Judaism to Orthodox Islam.
(d) He converted from Sufism to Judaism.

3. 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 witching hour."
(c) "The magic hour."
(d) "The silent hour."

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

5. Who was the love of Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's life for whom he traveled to Delhi?
(a) Abhay Chand.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(c) Zainab.
(d) Amrik Singh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What come home after the bats leave, according to the narrator in the Prologue?

2. Of what creature does the narrator ask in Chapter 6 whether it would remember the smell of the forest on the day it was born?

3. Who is described as the "blind imam who had once led the prayers in the Fatehpuri Masjid" in Chapter 1?

4. Nimmo Gorakpuri told Aftab in Chapter 2 that God created creatures like them because he wanted to create "a living creature that is incapable of" (27) what?

5. Where did Saddam Hussein find a job in America?

(see the answer key)

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