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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Saddam Hussein fired from when he came to the cemetery?
(a) The mortuary.
(b) The school.
(c) The bank.
(d) The bakery.

3. Who is the Station House Officer that arrested Saddam's father?
(a) California.
(b) Kabul.
(c) Sehrawat.
(d) Bangalore.

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

5. Where was the social worker whose documents the narrator found in Tilo's apartment in Chapter 7?
(a) Annaheim, California.
(b) Douglas City, California.
(c) Clovis, California.
(d) Los Angeles, California.

6. What come home after the bats leave, according to the narrator in the Prologue?
(a) The bears.
(b) The crows.
(c) The doves.
(d) The wolves.

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

8. What does the word "chamar" translate to in English?
(a) "Untouchable."
(b) "Bisexual."
(c) "Beloved."
(d) "Hermaphrodite."

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

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

11. To whom did the narrator manage to get Tilo handed over to in Chapter 7?
(a) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Naga.
(d) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.

12. Why does the narrator say that the woman in the window was happy when the baby fell asleep?
(a) Because it was not hers.
(b) Because it was a girl.
(c) Because it was hers.
(d) Because it was her sister's.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say that "Not many noticed the passing of the friendly old birds" (5) in the Prologue?

2. What were the photographs of that Biplab discovered in Tilo's former apartment?

3. Where did the narrator of Chapter 7 long to return?

4. Alongside whom was Anjum's mother buried in the cemetery?

5. What does the protagonist in Chapter 1 use to sooth her hurts and blows?

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