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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. When Asghar arrives at Bari's house, what is his friend doing?
(a) Smoking a hookah.
(b) Flying pigeons.
(c) Reading a book of poetry.
(d) Kite fighting.

2. When Mir Nihal arrives home at the beginning of the story, what does his wife tell him about their son?
(a) He is spending time with a family she dislikes.
(b) He should get married soon.
(c) He was seen in the company of a dancing girl.
(d) He should get a job soon.

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

4. What is the organizing strategy of the introduction's opening?
(a) From the general to the specific.
(b) Cause and effect.
(c) Comparison and contrast.
(d) Order of importance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Asghar go to see Mushtari Bai in Chapter 11?

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

3. What is the main subject of Part I, Chapter 5?

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

5. What creature does Mir Nihal kill in Part I, Chapter 1?

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