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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the mare described following the rickshaw in Chapter 5?
(a) Payal.
(b) Aru.
(c) Pria.
(d) Annu.

3. What is the system of delegating peoples into different segregated groups called in India?
(a) The perdu system.
(b) The caste system.
(c) The gargu system.
(d) The ermad system.

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

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

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

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

8. When does the narrator in Chapter 7 describe receiving a phone call from Major Amrik Singh while violence was brewing in the city?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1985.

9. What incident did Dr. Azad Bhartiya refer to as "the second assassination attempt" (135) on him in Chapter 4?
(a) A man stabbing him.
(b) A mob chasing him.
(c) A car hitting him.
(d) A bus hitting him.

10. Whose arrest, torture, and killing was Major Amrik Singh responsible for, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Jalib Qadri.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy.

11. How did Jahanara feel initially after discovering the "girl part" (11) on Aftab?
(a) Overjoyed.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Eager.
(d) Suicidal.

12. When did the narrator of Chapter 7 meet the woman who had left his upstairs apartment in Chapter 7?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1982.

13. Nimmo Gorakpuri told Aftab in Chapter 2 that God created creatures like them because he wanted to create "a living creature that is incapable of" (27) what?
(a) "Worry."
(b) "Consequence."
(c) "Happiness."
(d) "Sex."

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

15. Why does the narrator say that "Not many noticed the passing of the friendly old birds" (5) in the Prologue?
(a) "There was too much to worry about."
(b) "There were so many atrocities to face."
(c) "There was so much death around."
(d) "There was so much else to look forward to."

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Aftab adopt his hijras name?

2. To whom did the narrator manage to get Tilo handed over to in Chapter 7?

3. How is the narrative style in the beginning of Chapter 7 different from the narrative perspective in the majority of the novel?

4. Where is the narrator of Chapter 7 located in the beginning of the chapter?

5. Where did Saddam Hussein find a job in America?

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