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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 19-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ladli doing when Jahanara sees her for the first time after Jahanara's wedding?
(a) Stirring soup.
(b) Peeling carrots.
(c) Peeling carrots.
(d) Kneading bread.

2. What is Jahanara thinking of when Nizam opens a cotton bag for a snack?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Building the Taj Mahal.
(c) Isa.
(d) Her father.

3. A merchant is sentenced to death for using false scales. How old is his son?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 10.

4. When Nizam and Jahanara come across a battlefield with rotting corpses, who are most of the dead?
(a) Deccans.
(b) Persians.
(c) Men from the Empire.
(d) Rajhit.

5. What does Aurangzeb lack?
(a) Joy.
(b) Love.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Empathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Jahanara, in Chapter 8, when she finds herself on a barge with Isa, Nizam, and a group of trusted craftsmen?

2. What nickname does Isa call Jahanara?

3. Why was Balkhi in prison?

4. What color tunics do Jahanara's brothers wear to her wedding?

5. Where do Dara, Aurangzeb, and Jahanara meet their father after the riots between Muslims and Hindus.

(see the answer key)

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