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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the filmmaker ask Anjum and her friends to recite in Chapter 3?
(a) "Another World is Possible."
(b) "I'd buy the world a Coke."
(c) "Hands Around the World."
(d) "Peace on Earth."

2. In his pamphlets, how long does it say that Dr. Azad Bhartiya has been protesting in Chapter 4?
(a) 16 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 12 years.

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

4. With whom did Aftab take music lessons at the madrassa?
(a) Ustad Hameed Khan.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Musa Yeswi.
(d) Amrik Singh.

5. The poison that wiped out the white-backed vultures was used as a relaxant on what animals?
(a) Deer.
(b) Turkeys.
(c) Cows.
(d) Rabbits.

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

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

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

9. 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 silent hour."
(b) "The magic hour."
(c) "The witching hour."
(d) "The golden hour."

10. How is gender applied to Urdu?
(a) Some nouns have genders and others do not.
(b) There is a gender for every noun.
(c) All animal-based nouns have specific genders.
(d) There are no genders for any nouns.

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) "Sex."
(b) "Happiness."
(c) "Consequence."
(d) "Worry."

12. What does the narrator say that Dr. Azad Bhartiya was protesting in Chapter 4?
(a) The Capitalist Empire.
(b) The rise of Fascism.
(c) The usurping of the King.
(d) The abuse of women.

13. What is the address printed on the mailbox where Saddam left a calling card in Chapter 5?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri. Second Floor.
(b) "Ahmedabad Singh. Second Floor."
(c) "S. Tilottaama. Second Floor."
(d) Dr. Azad Bhartiya. Second Floor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is described as a building contractor and Anjun's friend who visited her at the cemetery in Chapter 2?

4. What does "Jannat" translate to in English?

5. What does the narrator describe awaiting in the opening of Chapter 7?

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