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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 happy news do the Nihals receive in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) Their son has finally chosen someone to marry.
(b) Begum Waheed is coming to visit them.
(c) A wealthy man has proposed to their youngest daughter.
(d) Mir Nihal's lace business has turned a record profit.

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

3. Where does Mir Nihal go on most evenings after dinner in Part I?
(a) To see his friend Nawab Puttan.
(b) To visit his mistress.
(c) To work for a few more hours.
(d) To the mosque.

4. What is the main idea of the epigraph on the book's title page?
(a) The people of Delhi should push harder to end colonial rule.
(b) Delhi has undergone a significant decline under colonial rule.
(c) Despite its colonial status, Delhi remains an important world capital.
(d) The Indian people must hold the British to account for their cruelty.

5. What does Bari tell Mushtari Bai she should do for him and Asghar?
(a) Make some food.
(b) Dance.
(c) Sing.
(d) Play the rubab.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Sheikh Mohammad Sadiq wish to marry his niece?

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

3. What do the adults tell the children causes dust storms?

4. Why does Mir Nihal not go into work on Saturday after a cat attacked his pigeons?

5. During the dust storm, who eavesdrops on Begam Waheed and Begam Nihal's conversation about Asghar?

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