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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What document discovered by the narrator in Chapter 7 describes a Special Task Force police forcing a group of people into a restroom?
(a) "Jahanara's Story."
(b) "The Kolkata Story."
(c) "Arifa's Story."
(d) "Ghafoor's Story."

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?
(a) The White-Backed Vulture.
(b) The Dust Mite.
(c) The Dung Beetle.
(d) .The Baby Seal.

3. What college play had the narrator performed in with the woman who had occupied his second floor?
(a) "Romeo and Juliet."
(b) "The Merchant of Venice."
(c) "Norman Is That You?"
(d) "To My Valentine."

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

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

6. How is Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's ancestry described?
(a) Armenian Jew.
(b) Orthodox Muslilm.
(c) Syrian Christian.
(d) Syrian Jew.

7. How has Dr. Azad Bhartiya been protesting in Chapter 4?
(a) By marching.
(b) By playing protest music.
(c) By chaining himself to a building.
(d) By fasting.

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

9. Where was the narrator assigned as Deputy Station Head for the Bureau in Chapter 7?
(a) Jaipur.
(b) Srinagar.
(c) Surat.
(d) Lucknow.

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

11. What word in Chapter 2 refers to a Muslim religious ascetic who lives on alms?
(a) Dargah.
(b) Accha.
(c) Theek.
(d) Fakir.

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

13. What does the word "Khwabgah" (23) translate to in English?
(a) "House of Courage."
(b) "House of Dreams."
(c) "House of Disdain."
(d) "House of Holiness."

14. In the Prologue, the narrator describes the flying foxes as they "drift across the city like smoke" (5). What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Flashback.
(d) Simile.

15. From where did the woman in the window above the lavendar gate recognize Saddam and Ishrat in Chapter 5?
(a) From Jantar Mantar.
(b) From Kolkata.
(c) From Ahmedabad.
(d) From Bangalore..

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was supposedly made a scapegoat for Jalib Qadri's death?

2. Who is the Station House Officer that arrested Saddam's father?

3. What does the word "chamar" translate to in English?

4. What did Anjum use to sleep on in the cemetery in Chapter 3?

5. From what types of trees does the narrator describe the flying foxes unhinging themselves in the Prologue?

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