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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 I, Chapter 4, who asks Asghar, "When are we going to hear the good news of your marriage?" (20)?
(a) Bundoo.
(b) His sister-in-law.
(c) Mir Nihal.
(d) Bilqeece.

2. In the story about Mir Jamal's pigeons, what does Mir Jamal refuse to do?
(a) Take part in any matches held at the Durbar.
(b) Keep the pigeons that his flock captured.
(c) Train his pigeons to fly from a carriage roof.
(d) Fly his pigeons with amateurs and hobbyists.

3. What does the introduction's title indicate the purpose of the introduction is?
(a) To expose the barbarism with which the British ruled India.
(b) To offer insight into the historical circumstances that led to British rule in India.
(c) To explain why the author wrote Twilight in Delhi.
(d) To make a claim for the essentially Muslim nature of Delhi.

4. What does Begam Nihal say is causing the illness in the Nihal household?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Dengue.
(c) Heatstroke.
(d) Typhoid.

5. What does Khwaja Ashraf Ali see in the cage that Nazir is carrying through the Chowk?
(a) Several of Hakim Bashir's Kabuli pigeons.
(b) The bodies of the pigeons that died of heat.
(c) Two of his own pigeons.
(d) Rare pigeons that Mir Nihal has bought at the Chowk.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part III, Chapter 5, who gets Asghar a job?

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

3. Why does Mir Nihal go to the Chowk on Friday evening?

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

5. When Asghar arrives at Bari's house, what is his friend doing?

(see the answer key)

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