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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: "Dr. Azad Bhartiya," Chapter 5: "The Slow-Goose Chase," and Chapter 6: "Some Questions for Later".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose death haunted Anjum as she tried to sleep in Chapter 3?
(a) Zainab's death.
(b) Arifa's death.
(c) Comrade Maase Revathy's death.
(d) Zakir Mian's death.

2. What name refers to Aftab later in life?
(a) Anjun.
(b) Arifa.
(c) Zainab.
(d) Comrade Maase Revathy.

3. Where was Saddam Hussein fired from when he came to the cemetery?
(a) The bank.
(b) The mortuary.
(c) The bakery.
(d) The school.

4. To what story does the English man compare the story of Laila and Manju in Chapter 1?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) All's Well that Ends Well.
(d) Macbeth.

5. 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?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Flashback.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poison that wiped out the white-backed vultures was used as a relaxant on what animals?

2. Why does the narrator say that the woman in the window was happy when the baby fell asleep?

3. What does the narrator say that Dr. Azad Bhartiya was protesting in Chapter 4?

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

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

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