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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Jahanara and Nizam to ride back to Agra?

2. How many more guards are there guarding Shah Jahan than when Jahanara left?

3. What did Jahanara do to Nizam when she returned to Agra?

4. In Chapter 13, how many minarets are finished being dressed with white marble?

5. In Chapter 12, where does Aurangzeb retreat in defeat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Jahanara discovered and imprisoned again?

3. Who is Shivaji?

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

5. Why doesn't Jahanara envy her granddaughters for their youth?

6. How does Jahanara survive being locked in a cell with two hungry cheetahs?

7. What does Shah Jahan tell Aurangzeb about enemies?

8. What does Shah Jahan want Jahanara to promise him before he dies?

9. Why does Jahanara feel as if Allah has abandoned her?

10. In Chapter 13, when Jahanara goes into Aurangzeb's room, what does she see?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 3 is titled "Lost Childhood." Discuss why and how Jahanara grows up quickly.

Essay Topic 2

Jahanara's family is Muslim. Discuss what the Muslim faith means to Jahanara and to various members of her family.

Essay Topic 3

Shah Jahan grieved deeply for his wife. Discuss grief and how Shah Jahan grieved for his wife. Did his grief change him?

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