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

2. How old was Antun when she announced her decision to leave the Khwabgah?
(a) 15.
(b) 32.
(c) 58.
(d) 46.

3. What does the word "chamar" translate to in English?
(a) "Hermaphrodite."
(b) "Untouchable."
(c) "Bisexual."
(d) "Beloved."

4. 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?
(a) Naga.
(b) Munja.
(c) Musa Yeswi.
(d) Arifa.

5. What did the narrator of Chapter 7 notice when he visited an apartment building he rented out?
(a) There were now boards across all of the windows.
(b) The level of crime had gone up.
(c) The number of cars around the building had grown.
(d) The number of homeless around the building had grown.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, Anjun recalls the government army having shouted "Only one place for the Mussalman! The graveyard or" (66) where?

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?

4. What did the filmmaker ask Anjum and her friends to recite in Chapter 3?

5. In his pamphlets, how long does it say that Dr. Azad Bhartiya has been protesting in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What led to Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's execution? How was he killed?

3. How does the narrative style shift in the opening of Chapter 7? Why do you think the author makes this transition?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is signfificant about Zakir Mian's presence in Chapter 2?

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

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