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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. When does the narrator in Chapter 7 describe receiving a phone call from Major Amrik Singh while violence was brewing in the city?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1972.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator opens Chapter 1 with the line, "She lived in the graveyard like" (7) what?

3. 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?

4. What was Mulaqat Ali's profession?

5. What college play had the narrator performed in with the woman who had occupied his second floor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the female protagonist's relationship to the English-speaking man in Chapter 1?

2. How is the exchange at the house described with Saddam, Ishrat, and the mysterious woman?

3. How did Biplab Dasgupta feel about the concept of jihad when he was stationed as Deputy Station Head for the Bureau in Srinagar?

4. How does Biplab Dasgupta feel about the area of Delhi where his rental apartments are located? Why?

5. What animals are described in the Prologue? What is their connection to the story?

6. How is Tilo's appearance described during her second wedding? What caused this change in appearance?

7. Why did Anjum accuse Saeeda of putting a hex on her family and the whole world in Chapter 2?

8. How are the photographs described that Biplab Dasgupta first observed in Tilo's apartment in Chapter 7?

9. What information is announced on Dr. Azad Bhartiya's sign?

10. How did Aftab come to be introduced to the setting of the Khwabgah? What does "Khwabgah" translate to in English?

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