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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What word in Chapter 2 refers to a Muslim religious ascetic who lives on alms?
(a) Accha.
(b) Fakir.
(c) Dargah.
(d) Theek.
2. 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.
3. When did the narrator of Chapter 7 meet the woman who had left his upstairs apartment in Chapter 7?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1996.
4. What is the system of delegating peoples into different segregated groups called in India?
(a) The ermad system.
(b) The caste system.
(c) The gargu system.
(d) The perdu system.
5. How many siblings did Afrab have when he/she was born?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.
Short Answer Questions
1. With whom did Aftab take music lessons at the madrassa?
2. Who is described as a building contractor and Anjun's friend who visited her at the cemetery in Chapter 2?
3. What is the address printed on the mailbox where Saddam left a calling card in Chapter 5?
4. When does the narrator in Chapter 7 describe receiving a phone call from Major Amrik Singh while violence was brewing in the city?
5. How is the narrative style in the beginning of Chapter 7 different from the narrative perspective in the majority of the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What exchange takes place between Anjum and the blind imam in Chapter 1? What does Anjum realize from this exchange?
2. What information is related in the document from the social worker in Clovis, California that Biplab Dasgupta found in Chapter 7?
3. How does the structure differ in Chapter 6 from the rest of the narrative? What is this chapter comprised of?
4. How is the protagonist described as living in the cemetery in Chapter 1?
5. Compare and contrast the characters of Biplab Dasgupta and Dr. Azad Bhartiya.
6. Where did Biplab Dasgupta first meet Tilo? How does the narrator describe his first impressions of her?
7. Why did Anjum accuse Saeeda of putting a hex on her family and the whole world in Chapter 2?
8. How did Biplab Dasgupta feel about the concept of jihad when he was stationed as Deputy Station Head for the Bureau in Srinagar?
9. Why were Anjum, Mr. Aggarwal, and Ustad Hameed arrested in Chapter 3?
10. How did Anjum's home in the cemetery evolve over time?
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