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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) Mulaqat Ali.
(b) Zakir Mian.
(c) Zainab.
(d) Mr. D. D. Gupta.

2. Whose ghosts does the protagonist in Chapter 1 confer with daily?
(a) The ghosts of the wolves.
(b) The ghosts of the villagers.
(c) The ghosts of the vultures.
(d) The ghosts of the tigers.

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

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

5. Why did the soldiers save Anjum's life, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) Because they believed it was bad luck to kill a hijra.
(b) Because she was in disguise.
(c) Because she was pregnant.
(d) Because she held them at gunpoint until they fled.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what story does the English man compare the story of Laila and Manju in Chapter 1?

3. How is Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed's ancestry described?

4. Who is described in Chapter 7 as one of Amrik Singh's most brutal interrogators and was likely responsible for shaving Tilo's head?

5. What did the narrator of Chapter 7 notice when he visited an apartment building he rented out?

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 does Biplab Dasgupta feel about the area of Delhi where his rental apartments are located? Why?

3. What is signfificant about Zakir Mian's presence in Chapter 2?

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

5. Where was Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed from and why did he come to India?

6. Compare and contrast the characters of Biplab Dasgupta and Dr. Azad Bhartiya.

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

8. What is the female protagonist's relationship to the English-speaking man in Chapter 1?

9. What does the story of Laila and Majnu signify? What is this story compared to in Chapter 1?

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

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