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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: "Khwabgah" (pages 62-99) and Chapter 3: "The Nativity".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator say moved in with Anjum at her home in the cemetery in Chapter 2?
(a) Mulaqat Ali.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Amrik Singh.
(d) Zakir Mian.

2. What does the protagonist in Chapter 1 use to sooth her hurts and blows?
(a) The music of her leaves.
(b) The sound of the lapping waves.
(c) The breath of the sun.
(d) The whispers of her dreams.

3. What religious conversion did Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed make upon arriving in Delhi?
(a) He converted from Sufism to Judaism.
(b) He converted from Judaism to Orthodox Islam.
(c) He converted from Judaism to Christian.
(d) He converted from Orthodox Islam to Judaism.

4. What phrase does the narrator use to describe "when the sun has gone out but the light has not" (5) in the Prologue?
(a) "The golden hour."
(b) "The witching hour."
(c) "The silent hour."
(d) "The magic hour."

5. What did Anjum name the little three-year-old girl she found on the steps of Jama Masjid?
(a) Arifa.
(b) Zainab.
(c) Amrik.
(d) Musa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the charge that Saddam's father faced when he was arrested?

2. Where was Saddam Hussein fired from when he came to the cemetery?

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

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

5. What name refers to Aftab later in life?

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