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

2. Where are Jahanara's family on a military campaign during the first few weeks of her marriage?
(a) In the north.
(b) In the east.
(c) In the south.
(d) In the west.

3. How old is Isa?
(a) 31.
(b) 22.
(c) 43.
(d) 23.

4. By Chapter 8, how many workers die building the mausoleum?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ustad mean?

2. How much older is Nizam than Jahanara?

3. How old was Jaha's father when he first met her mother?

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

5. What is Jahanara eating, at the beginning of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What responsibilities do Jahanara's brothers have, in Chapter 7?

2. How did Jaha's father meet her mother?

3. How are the Deccans causing trouble for the Empire?

4. Why does Jaha tell the story of her family history to her granddaughters?

5. What does Dara say when Jahanara tells him that Aurangzeb plans to kill him?

6. What wares do artisans sell at Chandi Chowk?

7. What does Jaha see as her boat is rowed across the Yamuna?

8. What happens during a qamargah?

9. Jahanara and Shah Jahan are blindfolded and led to the site of the Taj Mahal. What do they see when their blindfolds are removed?

10. How does Aurangzeb plan to kill Dara?

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