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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Part II, Chapters 1-4.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When Begam Nihal is asked to tell the story of the Mutiny, the word "Farangis" is used (6). What does this word mean?
(a) Government officials.
(b) Marketplace gossips.
(c) Foreigners, especially Europeans.
(d) Military officers.
2. Why is Mir Nihal hurrying home at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 1?
(a) He has heard that Begam Nihal has arranged Asghar's marriage.
(b) He has forgotten to give his pigeons water.
(c) He has heard that Babban Jan has sent a message to his house.
(d) He wants to bring some mangoes to his family to make sherbet.
3. What is ironic about Asghar's characterization of their days in Bhopal as "happy" (35)?
(a) The two stories he recalls from that time are not really happy ones.
(b) Begam Waheed argued against him being sent to live with her.
(c) He has repeatedly told Bundoo how unhappy he was in Bhopal.
(d) The reader is aware that Asghar is not really capable of happiness.
4. Where does Mir Nihal go on most evenings after dinner in Part I?
(a) To work for a few more hours.
(b) To the mosque.
(c) To visit his mistress.
(d) To see his friend Nawab Puttan.
5. Besides being "piercing," what other quality does the narrator say Mushtari Bai's eyes have (52)?
(a) They are "poisonous."
(b) They are "luminous."
(c) They are "full of night."
(d) They are "shaded with uncertainty."
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Mir Nihal not go into work on Saturday after a cat attacked his pigeons?
2. In Part I, Chapter 4, who asks Asghar, "When are we going to hear the good news of your marriage?" (20)?
3. When Begam Nihal tells her husband that he can buy more pigeons to replace those that have died, how does he react?
4. What does Begam Nihal ask her grandson Majeed to do in order to make the dust storm stop?
5. Why did Mir Nihal forbid Asghar to study at Aligarh?
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