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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 Begam Waheed first arrives and asks her mother why Asghar looks thin and pale, what does her mother tell her is bothering him?
(a) The heat.
(b) His father's criticism.
(c) Missing his sister.
(d) His love life.
2. What creature does Mir Nihal kill in Part I, Chapter 1?
(a) A snake.
(b) A wild dog.
(c) A binturong.
(d) A civet.
3. When Asghar arrives at Bari's house, what is his friend doing?
(a) Kite fighting.
(b) Smoking a hookah.
(c) Reading a book of poetry.
(d) Flying pigeons.
4. In Part I, Chapter 4, who asks Asghar, "When are we going to hear the good news of your marriage?" (20)?
(a) Bundoo.
(b) His sister-in-law.
(c) Mir Nihal.
(d) Bilqeece.
5. On page 53, what does Mushtari Bai compare herself to?
(a) A "new flower in bloom."
(b) A "candle which tempts the moths."
(c) An "oasis in the desert."
(d) An "evil-smelling flower."
Short Answer Questions
1. What changes about the weather just before Begam Waheed's departure for Bhopal?
2. What does Asghar tell Begam Waheed he will do if he cannot marry Bilqeece?
3. Besides their money, what does Begam Nihal like about Meraj's family?
4. During the dust storm, who eavesdrops on Begam Waheed and Begam Nihal's conversation about Asghar?
5. While Asghar and Begam Waheed are talking about their childhood, what can Asghar hear in the background?
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