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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Part III, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part III, Chapter 5, who gets Asghar a job?
(a) His father-in-law.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

2. What caused the abolition of Persian, Sanskrit, and Arabic from Indian schools?
(a) The elevation of Warren Hastings to Governor.
(b) The British attempt to anglicize Indians.
(c) The intervention of the Catholic Church.
(d) The defeat of an attempted Afghan invasion of India.

3. What is Molvi Dulhan dressed like in Part II?
(a) A woman.
(b) A prince.
(c) An imam.
(d) An Englishman.

4. To whom does Sheikh Mohammad Sadiq wish to marry his niece?
(a) Masroor.
(b) Asghar.
(c) Majeed.
(d) Ghafoor.

5. Besides the Koran, what sits between Asghar and Bilqeece during the ceremony of seeing the bride's face?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A purse of coins.
(c) A cooking pot.
(d) A plate of sweets and nuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ahmad Wazir?

2. About how many people attend the actual wedding ceremony between Asghar and Bilqeece?

3. Which of the women performs a dance while dressed like a man, to amuse the other women in Part III?

4. In Part I, Chapter 4, who asks Asghar, "When are we going to hear the good news of your marriage?" (20)?

5. What changes about the weather just before Begam Waheed's departure for Bhopal?

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