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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose death haunted Anjum as she tried to sleep in Chapter 3?
(a) Zainab's death.
(b) Zakir Mian's death.
(c) Arifa's death.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy's death.

3. What prompted Saddam Hussein to change his name?
(a) His father's death.
(b) His mother's death.
(c) His embracing of Judaism.
(d) His love of Italy.

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

5. Who is the high-profile terrorist that Major Amrik Singh described capturing to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) Commander Gulrez.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(c) Biplab Dasgupta.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy.

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

7. How old was Antun when she announced her decision to leave the Khwabgah?
(a) 58.
(b) 15.
(c) 32.
(d) 46.

8. 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 a girl.
(c) Because it was hers.
(d) Because it was not hers.

9. With what architecture student does the narrator describe Tilo being close with in Chapter 7?
(a) Musa Yeswi.
(b) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(c) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(d) Biplab Dasgupta.

10. When did the Bhopal disaster occur?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1992.

11. The narrator compares the neighborhood surrounding his rental home to Kabul in Chapter 7, describing it as "... like a small corner of" (151) what?
(a) "Hell."
(b) "Paradise."
(c) "Forest."
(d) "The slums."

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

13. Who visited to gather some of Tilo's clothing in the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Naga.
(c) Amrik Singh.
(d) Anjun and Saddam.

14. For how long does the narrator say the white-backed vultures have been the custodians of the dead in the Prologue?
(a) Over 20 million years.
(b) Over 40 million years.
(c) Over 500 million years.
(d) Over 100 million years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the soldiers save Anjum's life, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

2. What did Anjum name the little three-year-old girl she found on the steps of Jama Masjid?

3. The narrator opens Chapter 1 with the line, "She lived in the graveyard like" (7) what?

4. 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?

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

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