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

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

3. How old is Jahanara, at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

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

5. When is Jahanara married?
(a) During Diwali.
(b) During Dussehra.
(c) During Nauroz.
(d) During Holi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men does Isa ask for to build the monument?

2. A merchant is sentenced to death for using false scales. How old is his son?

3. Who did Jaha's father have to wed before he could marry Arjumand?

4. What do the trees on the bank of the Yamuna River resemble to Jaha?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens during a qamargah?

4. What does Shah Jahan do after Arjumand dies?

5. What wares do artisans sell at Chandi Chowk?

6. How does Aurangzeb plan to kill Dara?

7. Why does Jaha say the Emperor is cruel?

8. Why does Jahanara have to be careful to see Isa only at the site?

9. What reason does Shah Jahan give Jahanara for sending her east, and what is the actual reason he sends her to the east?

10. Why does Jahanara try to warn Dara, at the end of Chapter 3?

(see the answer keys)

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