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

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

3. 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 silent hour."
(c) "The witching hour."
(d) "The magic hour."

4. Who is the self-described sexologist that Mulaqat Ali took his son to see first?
(a) Amrik Singh.
(b) Dr. Ghulum Nabi.
(c) Saddam Hussein.
(d) Musa Yeswi.

5. Alongside whom was Anjum's mother buried in the cemetery?
(a) Mulaqat Ali.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Dr. Azad Bhartiya.
(d) Mulaqat Ali.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as the "blind imam who had once led the prayers in the Fatehpuri Masjid" in Chapter 1?

2. Who is described by the narrator as having brought Anjum a black ram in Chapter 2?

3. What name refers to Aftab later in life?

4. For how long does the narrator say the white-backed vultures have been the custodians of the dead in the Prologue?

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

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