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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jahanara tell Ladli to report that Jahanara has stolen from Khondamir?
(a) Silver ring.
(b) Gold ring.
(c) Gold coins.
(d) Silver coins.

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

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

4. What do the trees on the bank of the Yamuna River resemble to Jaha?
(a) Women bending over combing their long hair.
(b) A blur of yellow and green.
(c) Woody skeletons.
(d) Giant spiders.

5. What color robes do Jaha's granddaughters wear?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Grey.

6. How soon will Isa need men to build the monument?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 6 months.

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

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

9. How many days does it take to load the barges with marble?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

10. In Chapter 10, what is embroidered on the robe Shah Jahan wears when he watches girls dancing in the harem?
(a) Cypress trees.
(b) Chinese Dragons.
(c) Peacocks.
(d) Elephants.

11. What color veil does Jahanara wear when she and Dara talk in the Abode of Love?
(a) Scarlet.
(b) Indigo.
(c) Turquoise.
(d) Lavender.

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

13. What did Jaha's father believe in when she was still an innocent young girl?
(a) Independence.
(b) Justice.
(c) Perfection.
(d) Courage.

14. By what river is the inn where Jahnara stays when she goes east to settle a dispute?
(a) Ravi.
(b) Indus.
(c) Yamuna.
(d) Ganges.

15. How old was Nizam when his parents were killed by a warlord?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jahanara drinking at the beginning of the Narration, in Chapter 2?

2. How many men does Jahanara say Dara should take on his journey to negotiate a treaty?

3. What is the name of Jahanara's paternal grandmother?

4. How tall is the height of the main gate of the mausoleum?

5. What is the name of the man who steals a bag of rice?

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