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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as a building contractor and Anjun's friend who visited her at the cemetery in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. D. D. Gupta.
(b) Zakir Mian.
(c) Mulaqat Ali.
(d) Zainab.

2. What does "Jannat" translate to in English?
(a) "Glory."
(b) "Submission."
(c) "Paradise."
(d) "Love."

3. To what story does the English man compare the story of Laila and Manju in Chapter 1?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) All's Well that Ends Well.

4. Where did the narrator of Chapter 7 long to return?
(a) Mumbai.
(b) Kolkata.
(c) Kabul.
(d) Bangalore.

5. What did the narrator of Chapter 7 notice when he visited an apartment building he rented out?
(a) The number of cars around the building had grown.
(b) The number of homeless around the building had grown.
(c) There were now boards across all of the windows.
(d) The level of crime had gone up.

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

7. Who was supposedly made a scapegoat for Jalib Qadri's death?
(a) Biplab Dasgupta.
(b) Amrik Singh.
(c) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(d) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.

8. How is the following phrase translated into English in Chapter 1? "Sach Khuda hai. Khuda hi Sach hai" (9)?
(a) "Truth is freedom. Freedom is truth."
(b) "Love to God. God's love returns."
(c) "One is all. All is One."
(d) "Truth is God. God is Truth."

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

10. Alongside whom was Anjum's mother buried in the cemetery?
(a) Mulaqat Ali.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Mulaqat Ali.
(d) Dr. Azad Bhartiya.

11. What word in Chapter 1 refers to an evening of entertainment poetry or concert of Indian classical music?
(a) Mahfil.
(b) Yeswi.
(c) Arifa.
(d) Naga.

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

13. What did Anjum use to sleep on in the cemetery in Chapter 3?
(a) A rolled carpet.
(b) A blanket of leaves.
(c) A bedspread.
(d) A sleeping bag.

14. What word in the novel refers to the shrines over the grave of a revered religious figure?
(a) Nahins.
(b) Kuches.
(c) Aamdeeds.
(d) Dargahs.

15. At what age did Aftab adopt his hijras name?
(a) 19.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's name revealed to be in Chapter 7?

2. Who visited to gather some of Tilo's clothing in the end of Chapter 7?

3. For how long had the narrator of Chapter 7 known the woman who had lived on the second floor of his building?

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

5. What does the narrator say the poor villagers were treated as in the opening of Chapter 3?

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