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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is the narrator of Chapter 7 located in the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Bangalore.
(c) Ahmedabad.
(d) Mumbai.

4. In Chapter 2, Anjun recalls the government army having shouted "Only one place for the Mussalman! The graveyard or" (66) where?
(a) "Afghanistan."
(b) "Egypt."
(c) "America."
(d) "Pakistan."

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

6. 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 Dust Mite.
(c) The Dung Beetle.
(d) The White-Backed Vulture.

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

8. How many siblings did Afrab have when he/she was born?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

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

10. What do the protagonist and the Englishman share with one another in Chapter 1?
(a) A plate of rice.
(b) A Coca Cola.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A bottle of whiskey.

11. 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) "Sex."
(c) "Consequence."
(d) "Happiness."

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how long does the narrator say the white-backed vultures have been the custodians of the dead in the Prologue?

3. To what does the narrator describe Tilottama's skin in Chapter 7?

4. What is the name of the mare described following the rickshaw in Chapter 5?

5. What shared experience does Anjum conclude she shares with the imam in Chapter 1?

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