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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as a building contractor and Anjun's friend who visited her at the cemetery in Chapter 2?
(a) Zakir Mian.
(b) Mulaqat Ali.
(c) Zainab.
(d) Mr. D. D. Gupta.

2. Who was supposedly made a scapegoat for Jalib Qadri's death?
(a) Comrade Maase Revathy.
(b) Biplab Dasgupta.
(c) Nimmo Gorakhpuri.
(d) Amrik Singh.

3. What does "Jannat" translate to in English?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Submission."
(c) "Glory."
(d) "Paradise."

4. What is the address printed on the mailbox where Saddam left a calling card in Chapter 5?
(a) Dr. Azad Bhartiya. Second Floor.
(b) Nimmo Gorakhpuri. Second Floor.
(c) "Ahmedabad Singh. Second Floor."
(d) "S. Tilottaama. Second Floor."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Bhopal disaster occur?

2. Who is the high-profile terrorist that Major Amrik Singh described capturing to the narrator in Chapter 7?

3. Whose ghosts does the protagonist in Chapter 1 confer with daily?

4. From what types of trees does the narrator describe the flying foxes unhinging themselves in the Prologue?

5. How is the narrative style in the beginning of Chapter 7 different from the narrative perspective in the majority of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Anjum's arrival at the cemetery in Chapter 2? Why did she go there?

2. How is the protagonist described as living in the cemetery in Chapter 1?

3. How old was Atfat when his mother finally told his father about his condition? How did Mulaqat Ali respond?

4. How does the structure differ in Chapter 6 from the rest of the narrative? What is this chapter comprised of?

5. What led to Saddam Hussein's name change?

6. How did Jahanara Begum react when she first discovered her "son's" sexual circumstances? Why?

7. Why were Anjum, Mr. Aggarwal, and Ustad Hameed arrested in Chapter 3?

8. Where did Biplab Dasgupta first meet Tilo? How does the narrator describe his first impressions of her?

9. What led Saddam Hussein to his dream of opening a funeral parlor? Where did he hope to open one?

10. What exchange takes place between Anjum and the blind imam in Chapter 1? What does Anjum realize from this exchange?

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