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

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

3. With what architecture student does the narrator describe Tilo being close with in Chapter 7?
(a) Musa Yeswi.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(c) Biplab Dasgupta.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy.

4. What shared experience does Anjum conclude she shares with the imam in Chapter 1?
(a) Envy.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Hatred.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Antun when she announced her decision to leave the Khwabgah?

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

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

4. How did Jahanara feel initially after discovering the "girl part" (11) on Aftab?

5. When the Englishmen returned in Chapter 1 and told Manju that her name actually spoken backwards was not Manju, what did he say her real name was backwards?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led Saddam Hussein to his dream of opening a funeral parlor? Where did he hope to open one?

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

3. Where did Biplab Dasgupta first meet Tilo? How does the narrator describe his first impressions of her?

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

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

6. How does the narrator describe Anjum's arrival at the cemetery in Chapter 2? Why did she go there?

7. How does the structure differ in Chapter 6 from the rest of the narrative? What is this chapter comprised of?

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

9. How did Jahanara Begum react when she first discovered her "son's" sexual circumstances? Why?

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

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