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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part I, Chapters 6-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part I, Chapter 4, who asks Asghar, "When are we going to hear the good news of your marriage?" (20)?
(a) His sister-in-law.
(b) Mir Nihal.
(c) Bundoo.
(d) Bilqeece.

2. What do Begam Nihal and Begam Waheed decided to do to celebrate Asghar's engagement?
(a) Have a meelad read.
(b) Buy Asghar some charms and amulets.
(c) Donate money to the mosque.
(d) Invite the qawwali singers to the house.

3. What is ironic about Asghar's characterization of their days in Bhopal as "happy" (35)?
(a) He has repeatedly told Bundoo how unhappy he was in Bhopal.
(b) Begam Waheed argued against him being sent to live with her.
(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.

4. Why did Mir Nihal forbid Asghar to study at Aligarh?
(a) Mir Nihal thinks that studying at Aligarh will alienate his son from Islam.
(b) Mir Nihal has heard that Aligarh admits female students.
(c) Mir Nihal thinks that the curriculum at Aligarh is too difficult for Asghar.
(d) Mir Nihal does not have the money for Aligarh's tuition.

5. 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 speak to Begam Shahbaz himself.
(b) He should make sure that Bilqeece really wants to marry him.
(c) He should come back to Bhopal with her.
(d) He should go and make peace with his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the conversation about their childhood, what does Asghar imply about his father?

2. When Begam Waheed first arrives and asks her mother why Asghar looks thin and pale, what does her mother tell her is bothering him?

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

4. To what does the narrator compare the streets and alleys of Delhi?

5. What does Begam Nihal ask her grandson Majeed to do in order to make the dust storm stop?

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