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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on Jaha's right as she is rowed down the Yamuna River?
(a) Red Fort.
(b) Farmland.
(c) Taj Mahal.
(d) Hindu Temple.

2. What is the name of the man who steals a bag of rice?
(a) Bhumi.
(b) Aakaar.
(c) Ismail.
(d) Kanha.

3. What religion is practiced by Jahanara's family?
(a) Islam.
(b) Hindu.
(c) Jainism.
(d) Sikism.

4. How old was Jahanara's great-grandfather when he inherited the throne?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

5. What do the wooden execution blocks rest upon?
(a) Basalt.
(b) A block of marble.
(c) Slab of granite.
(d) Limestone.

6. What do Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb, Dara, and Jahanara have to eat when they dine together in the harem, in Chapter 10?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Duck.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Beef.

7. What is the predominant color in Agra?
(a) Grey.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

8. Where does the jade come from to make some of the flowers that adorn the walls of a room in the Taj Mahal?
(a) China.
(b) Persia.
(c) Burma.
(d) Afghanistan.

9. Who did Jaha's father have to wed before he could marry Arjumand?
(a) A noble's daughter.
(b) A Persian princess.
(c) A Pakistani princess.
(d) An Indian princess.

10. For how many years after Arjumand's death did Shah Jahan give up all worldly pleasures?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 year.

11. How old was Isa when he came to Delhi?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

12. What does Jaha say she cherishes as much as the sights along the Yamuna River?
(a) Her lover's face.
(b) Her grandchildren when she first saw them born.
(c) Memories of her infant daughter.
(d) Her mother's face.

13. What does Ladli compare Khondamir to?
(a) Boar.
(b) Toad.
(c) Caterpillar.
(d) Spider.

14. How much older is Nizam than Jahanara?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

15. What does Ladli draw on a note that she has Nizam deliver to Jahanara?
(a) Flower.
(b) Star.
(c) Toad.
(d) Worm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do breezes remind Jahanara of?

2. How old is Isa?

3. Where does the quote come from, at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. What could the architect that Shah Jahan hired turn jade into?

5. How many years did Jaha's grandfather tell her father that he had to wait to marry Arjumand?

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