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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: "The Landlord" and Chapter 12: "Guih Kom".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The poison that wiped out the white-backed vultures was used as a relaxant on what animals?
(a) Deer.
(b) Cows.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Turkeys.

3. What come home after the bats leave, according to the narrator in the Prologue?
(a) The doves.
(b) The wolves.
(c) The bears.
(d) The crows.

4. How is gender applied to Urdu?
(a) There are no genders for any nouns.
(b) Some nouns have genders and others do not.
(c) There is a gender for every noun.
(d) All animal-based nouns have specific genders.

5. What were the photographs of that Biplab discovered in Tilo's former apartment?
(a) A dead child.
(b) An old woman.
(c) A barn and houe.
(d) A horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose help did Tilo enlist in order to relocate with the baby in Chapter 8?

2. Whose ghosts does the protagonist in Chapter 1 confer with daily?

3. Where is the hospital where Tilo's mother died?

4. What did Zainab find a crow trapped by on Independence Day in Chapter 10?

5. What incident did Dr. Azad Bhartiya refer to as "the second assassination attempt" (135) on him in Chapter 4?

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