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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. Besides higher prices, what is affecting the economy of Delhi at the time that Part III, Chapter 9 takes place?
(a) Crop failure.
(b) Heavy export taxes.
(c) The failure of Indian banks.
(d) Cheap imported goods.

2. Besides the Koran, what sits between Asghar and Bilqeece during the ceremony of seeing the bride's face?
(a) A purse of coins.
(b) A cooking pot.
(c) A mirror.
(d) A plate of sweets and nuts.

3. In the story that Saeed Hasan tells in Part III about the farmer and his daughter, what does the daughter discover?
(a) Emeralds.
(b) Silver.
(c) Rubies.
(d) Gold.

4. From what bird does Kambal Shah suggest an "oil" be made to help Mir Nihal (157)?
(a) Falcoln.
(b) Peacock.
(c) Cuckoo.
(d) Pelican.

5. To whom does Sheikh Mohammad Sadiq wish to marry his niece?
(a) Ghafoor.
(b) Masroor.
(c) Asghar.
(d) Majeed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bundoo's mother tells Asghar that she feels it hardly necessary to observe "purdah" with him. In this context, what does "purdah" refer to?

2. What caused Ahmed Ali to be unable to return to India?

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

4. To what animal does the narrator compare the city of Delhi in the story's opening pages?

5. When Begam Nihal tells her husband that he can buy more pigeons to replace those that have died, how does he react?

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