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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Part III, Chapters 6-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Shams bring two days before the Coronation?
(a) The pavilion has been burnt down.
(b) The new King will make a speech.
(c) A British soldier has been killed.
(d) The British will hold a feast for their Indian subjects.

2. What changes about the weather just before Begam Waheed's departure for Bhopal?
(a) There is a period of unseasonable cold.
(b) The breeze dies and the heat becomes unbearable.
(c) A cooler breeze begins and rain finally blows into Delhi.
(d) There is a storm that floods the roads out of Delhi.

3. What does Mir Nihal do to pass the time while he is stuck in bed following his stroke?
(a) He writes poetry.
(b) He reads.
(c) He traps rats.
(d) He talks with Ghafoor.

4. What question does Mehro asks the beggar Gul Bano?
(a) How she prevents herself from falling into despair.
(b) Whether coronations are better under the English than under the Mughals.
(c) Whether she spent much time with her famous grandfather.
(d) How she has managed to evade the British for so long.

5. How old is Jehan Ara at the beginning of Part III, Chapter 10?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mushtari Bai mean when she compares Asghar to "the moon of Eed" (53)?

2. What does the group of merchants talk about just before the Coronation, in Part II, Chapter 7?

3. What was the cause of Asghar, Begam Waheed, and Begam Nihal being sent away to live somewhere else when Asghar was a child?

4. What hobbies does Mir Nihal pursue in Chapter 5?

5. What does Mir Nihal notice about Delhi in the beginning of Part III, Chapter 9?

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