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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: "Khwabgah" (pages 11-62) .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as the "blind imam who had once led the prayers in the Fatehpuri Masjid" in Chapter 1?
(a) Ziauddin.
(b) Zainab.
(c) Naga.
(d) Musa Yeswi.

2. The narrator opens Chapter 1 with the line, "She lived in the graveyard like" (7) what?
(a) "A flower."
(b) "A blade of grass."
(c) "A tombstone."
(d) "A tree."

3. Who was the love of Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's life for whom he traveled to Delhi?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Zainab.
(c) Amrik Singh.
(d) Abhay Chand.

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) Arifa.
(b) Musa Yeswi.
(c) Munja.
(d) Naga.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Aftab take music lessons at the madrassa?

2. What religious conversion did Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed make upon arriving in Delhi?

3. What does "la ilaha" (13) translate to in English?

4. To what story does the English man compare the story of Laila and Manju in Chapter 1?

5. What poison has killed the white-backed vultures?

(see the answer key)

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