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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Part IV Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare the streets and alleys of Delhi?
(a) The Minotaur's maze.
(b) An algebraic equation.
(c) A game of chess.
(d) The Sphinx's riddle.

2. Which Nihal family member is said to be everyone's favorite?
(a) Mehro.
(b) Habibuddin.
(c) Begam Waheed.
(d) Asghar.

3. During the dust storm, who eavesdrops on Begam Waheed and Begam Nihal's conversation about Asghar?
(a) Begam Jamal.
(b) Dilchain.
(c) Anjum Zamani.
(d) Mehro.

4. What does Mir Nihal think about the new music that he hears in the streets outside his house in Part IV?
(a) The melodies are clearly influenced by the West.
(b) It does not offer God the appropriate gratitude.
(c) The words are vulgar and sentimental.
(d) It is inappropriate for women to be singing in the streets.

5. In Part I, Chapter 3, what does the narrator point out there are "ever so many" of, "young ones and old ones" (14)?
(a) Vendors.
(b) Beggars.
(c) Imams.
(d) Muezzins.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the younger people feed Asghar sweets in Part III, what do the older people put in his hands?

2. When Begam Waheed tells her mother that Asghar is in love with Bilqeece, what does Begam Nihal accuse Bilqeece's mother of?

3. After the ceremony of seeing the bride's face, what does Asghar have to pay the bride's sisters and cousins to get back?

4. In Part IV, Chapter 4, why does Mir Nihal no longer get visits from Kambal Shah?

5. What does Mir Nihal tell his wife will happen if Asghar insists on marrying Bilqeece?

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