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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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."

3. 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) Simile.
(c) Flashback.
(d) Metaphor.

4. What object belonging to the mother is described as touching the baby's skin in Chapter 6?
(a) A sword.
(b) A bedpan.
(c) A gun.
(d) A drum.

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

6. How is the narrative style in the beginning of Chapter 7 different from the narrative perspective in the majority of the novel?
(a) This chapter begins narrated from the future-tense.
(b) This chapter begins narrated from a first-person perspective.
(c) This chapter begins narrated from a third-person perspective.
(d) This chapter begins narrated from the second-person perspective.

7. What did Anjum use to sleep on in the cemetery in Chapter 3?
(a) A blanket of leaves.
(b) A sleeping bag.
(c) A rolled carpet.
(d) A bedspread.

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

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

10. 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 else to look forward to."
(b) "There were so many atrocities to face."
(c) "There was so much death around."
(d) "There was too much to worry about."

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

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

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

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

15. Whom does the narrator identify as the soldier that is being tortured in the photos in Tilo's apartment?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Amrik Singh.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy.

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. Who was the love of Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's life for whom he traveled to Delhi?

3. Where was the narrator assigned as Deputy Station Head for the Bureau in Chapter 7?

4. Whose death haunted Anjum as she tried to sleep in Chapter 3?

5. What come home after the bats leave, according to the narrator in the Prologue?

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