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

2. What does Jahanara eat for breakfast the day she is wed?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Yogurt.
(c) Melon.
(d) Grapes.

3. What color is the marble in the room that used to belong to Arjumand?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Pink.
(d) Black.

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

5. In Chapter 9, how many years has the mausoleum been under construction?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ladli draw on a note that she has Nizam deliver to Jahanara?

2. What could the architect that was hired by Shah Jahan turn marble into?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jaha say the Emperor is cruel?

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

3. Describe the poem Jahanara's father wrote and where it was inscribed.

4. Who is Khondamir and why is he chosen to marry Jahanara?

5. What are the Karkhanas?

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

7. How does Jahanara describe the skills of the architect hired to build the monument for Arjumand?

8. What does Shah Jahan do after Arjumand dies?

9. What is Nizam's story?

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

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