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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. What is ironic about Asghar's characterization of their days in Bhopal as "happy" (35)?
(a) Begam Waheed argued against him being sent to live with her.
(b) He has repeatedly told Bundoo how unhappy he was in Bhopal.
(c) The two stories he recalls from that time are not really happy ones.
(d) The reader is aware that Asghar is not really capable of happiness.

2. After Begam Waheed gives Asghar the good news about his mother deciding he can marry Bilqeece, what advice does she give Asghar?
(a) He should go and make peace with his father.
(b) He should go speak to Begam Shahbaz himself.
(c) He should make sure that Bilqeece really wants to marry him.
(d) He should come back to Bhopal with her.

3. Who is Nisar Ahmad?
(a) A former lover of Babban Jan's.
(b) Mir Nihal's partner in the lace business.
(c) Mir Nihal's son-in-law.
(d) The muezzin at Mir Nihal's mosque.

4. What advice does Bari give Asghar about his love life?
(a) He should buy charms to help him persuade his father.
(b) He should marry Mushtari Bai.
(c) He should contact his sister in Bhopal for her help.
(d) Loving is not as satisfying as is being loved.

5. What is implied by the snippet of poetry that Mir Nihal thinks about at the end of Part II, Chapter 1?
(a) He wishes that he felt about Begam Nihal the way he feels about Babban Jan.
(b) His mental state is much more precarious than others realize.
(c) He understands that his love for Babban Jan is impious.
(d) He is unlikely to recover well from any further disappointments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mir Nihal forbid Asghar to study at Aligarh?

2. In Part I, Chapter 3, what does the narrator point out there are "ever so many" of, "young ones and old ones" (14)?

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

4. What is significant about the year that Begam Nihal compares the summer's heat to?

5. Besides their money, what does Begam Nihal like about Meraj's family?

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