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

2. What is the main idea of the epigraph on the book's title page?
(a) The people of Delhi should push harder to end colonial rule.
(b) The Indian people must hold the British to account for their cruelty.
(c) Delhi has undergone a significant decline under colonial rule.
(d) Despite its colonial status, Delhi remains an important world capital.

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

4. While Asghar and Begam Waheed are talking about their childhood, what can Asghar hear in the background?
(a) Street vendors shouting.
(b) Qawwals singing.
(c) His aunts arguing.
(d) Pigeons cooing.

5. What does Bari tell Mushtari Bai she should do for him and Asghar?
(a) Dance.
(b) Play the rubab.
(c) Make some food.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mir Nihal arrives home at the beginning of the story, what does his wife tell him about their son?

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

3. When Asghar arrives at Bari's house, what is his friend doing?

4. In what city does the man who wants to marry the Nihals' daughter live?

5. What does Ali say caused the British paranoia about Muslim scholars that resulted in their violent suppression of the "Wahabi" conspiracy (xii)?

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