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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. In Part II, Chapter 5, what do the friends agree is the missing ingredient in the Jama Masjid prescription?
(a) A golden flower.
(b) Faith.
(c) A bitter green herb.
(d) Heat.

2. Which person from Asghar's own family agrees that he selfish and not treating Bilqeece properly in Part III?
(a) Begam Nihal.
(b) Begam Waheed.
(c) Begam Jamal.
(d) Mir Nihal.

3. On page 53, what does Mushtari Bai compare herself to?
(a) An "oasis in the desert."
(b) An "evil-smelling flower."
(c) A "new flower in bloom."
(d) A "candle which tempts the moths."

4. When Begam Waheed first arrives and asks her mother why Asghar looks thin and pale, what does her mother tell her is bothering him?
(a) His father's criticism.
(b) The heat.
(c) His love life.
(d) Missing his sister.

5. What does the group of merchants talk about just before the Coronation, in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Their hopes that the prosperity of this time will continue after the Coronation is over.
(b) Their worries about whether their grandchildren will be Muslims or Christians.
(c) The higher prices they are able to charge the visiting English.
(d) Their disgust that the English are building their own capitol outside Delhi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What historical event begins in the opening of Part III, Chapter 8?

2. What word do the older people like Begam Nihal use to refer to the place where they live?

3. What does Bilqeece believe is wrong in her relationship with Asghar, as described in Part III?

4. What does the Part II, Chapter 5 description of Red Beard stress?

5. What does Asghar's strategy seem to be in bringing up the death of Begam Waheed's husband?

(see the answer key)

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