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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Jahanara finally see her family after her wedding?
(a) Summer's end.
(b) At the end of winter.
(c) Beginning of spring.
(d) At the beginning of fall.

2. What is Khondamir's house built from?
(a) Granite.
(b) Marble.
(c) Slate.
(d) Sandstone.

3. How much did Arjumand tell Jaha's father that a diamond cost?
(a) 10,000 rupess.
(b) 5,000 rupess.
(c) 7,000 rupees.
(d) 3,000 rupees.

4. How many years did Jaha's grandfather tell her father that he had to wait to marry Arjumand?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

6. In the harem, what color do the ladies usually paint their nails?
(a) Scarlet.
(b) Pink.
(c) White.
(d) Lavender.

7. What nickname does Isa call Jahanara?
(a) Swallow.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Sparrow.

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

9. How long does it take Aurangzeb to capture Bijapur?
(a) A week.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

10. How many men does Jahanara say Dara should take on his journey to negotiate a treaty?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

11. Who rows Jaha down the Yamuna River, in Part I, Narration?
(a) Ruayya.
(b) Gulbadan.
(c) Nizam.
(d) Jahan.

12. What always prompts Jaha to think of Paradise?
(a) Dawn in Agra.
(b) The Red Fort.
(c) The Peacock Throne.
(d) Sunrise over the Yamuna River.

13. What color tunic does Aurangzeb wear when he goes with his siblings to play at the river?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Gray.
(d) Yellow.

14. Where does Jahanara go on a barge with Isa and some workers to collect white marble?
(a) Jaipur.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Orissa.
(d) Kanpur.

15. 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) Burma.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Persia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aurangzeb eat as he awaits the execution of a merchant who falsified his scales?

2. What type of breezes can make tears bloom within Jahanara?

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

4. What does Jahanara eat for breakfast the day she is wed?

5. How much older is Nizam than Jahanara?

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