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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the narrator identify as the soldier that is being tortured in the photos in Tilo's apartment?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(d) Amrik Singh.

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

3. What word in the novel refers to the shrines over the grave of a revered religious figure?
(a) Nahins.
(b) Kuches.
(c) Dargahs.
(d) Aamdeeds.

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

5. With what architecture student does the narrator describe Tilo being close with in Chapter 7?
(a) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(b) Musa Yeswi.
(c) Biplab Dasgupta.
(d) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.

6. Who is described by the narrator as having brought Anjum a black ram in Chapter 2?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Amrik Singh.
(c) Mulaqat Ali.
(d) Biplab Dasgupta.

7. The poison that wiped out the white-backed vultures was used as a relaxant on what animals?
(a) Cows.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Turkeys.
(d) Deer.

8. When does the narrator in Chapter 7 describe receiving a phone call from Major Amrik Singh while violence was brewing in the city?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1985.

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

10. What incident did Dr. Azad Bhartiya refer to as "the second assassination attempt" (135) on him in Chapter 4?
(a) A bus hitting him.
(b) A car hitting him.
(c) A mob chasing him.
(d) A man stabbing him.

11. For how long does the narrator say the white-backed vultures have been the custodians of the dead in the Prologue?
(a) Over 500 million years.
(b) Over 40 million years.
(c) Over 100 million years.
(d) Over 20 million years.

12. To what does the narrator describe Tilottama's skin in Chapter 7?
(a) Powdered milk.
(b) Melted bronze.
(c) Café au lait.
(d) Black coffee.

13. In his pamphlets, how long does it say that Dr. Azad Bhartiya has been protesting in Chapter 4?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 10 years.

14. Who is the high-profile terrorist that Major Amrik Singh described capturing to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(b) Commander Gulrez.
(c) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(d) Biplab Dasgupta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "chamar" translate to in English?

2. What is the address printed on the mailbox where Saddam left a calling card in Chapter 5?

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 college play had the narrator performed in with the woman who had occupied his second floor?

5. For how long had the narrator of Chapter 7 known the woman who had lived on the second floor of his building?

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