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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 does Nizam take from a cotton bag for the granddaughters to eat?
(a) Dried fish.
(b) Papaya.
(c) Honey combs.
(d) Pomegranate.

2. When Nizam and Jahanara come across a battlefield with rotting corpses, who are most of the dead?
(a) Persians.
(b) Men from the Empire.
(c) Rajhit.
(d) Deccans.

3. When Ladli comes to Jahanara's cell with Aurangzeb and Khondamir, what is painted on her robe?
(a) Chinese dragons.
(b) Vines.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Elephants.

4. How old is Dara's son when he is executed?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

5. What fresh meat is brought for Jahanara, Isa, and Arjumand when they are reunited?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Duck.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Pork.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Dara's helmet and chain mail?

2. Who does Jahanara see in the faces of her granddaughters?

3. What will Jahanara tether to a cypress tree so the Sultan and his men will find a secret passage into the Red Fort?

4. How long is Jahanara without word from Nizam, after he joins Aurangzeb's army?

5. What does Jahanara say was the second thing to happen after she saved Aurangzeb?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jahanara tell her granddaughters she didn't allow Aurangzeb to die?

2. Why, in Chapter 16, does Dara say that winning matters little?

3. How does Nizam say Jahanara has repaid him?

4. How does Jahanara disguise herself when she returns to Jahanara?

5. What does Shah Jahan tell Aurangzeb about enemies?

6. What does Aurangzeb do when a cobra without fangs is placed in his bed?

7. What reason does Jahanara give her granddaughters for going back to Agra?

8. How is Jahanara discovered and imprisoned again?

9. Why did Jahanara always try to show her father that she was worthy of his love?

10. What illness does Shah Jahan catch during monsoon season?

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