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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. The narrator opens Chapter 1 with the line, "She lived in the graveyard like" (7) what?
(a) "A flower."
(b) "A tree."
(c) "A tombstone."
(d) "A blade of grass."

2. From what types of trees does the narrator describe the flying foxes unhinging themselves in the Prologue?
(a) Oak tree.
(b) Banyan trees.
(c) Elm trees.
(d) Willow trees.

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

4. What poison has killed the white-backed vultures?
(a) Gasoline.
(b) Agent Orange.
(c) Diclofenac.
(d) Arsenic.

5. What was Mulaqat Ali's profession?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Butcher.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Herbalist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Saddam Hussein fired from when he came to the cemetery?

3. For how long does the narrator say the white-backed vultures have been the custodians of the dead in the Prologue?

4. Who is the self-described sexologist that Mulaqat Ali took his son to see first?

5. Why does the narrator say that the woman in the window was happy when the baby fell asleep?

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