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

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?
(a) His love life.
(b) The heat.
(c) His father's criticism.
(d) Missing his sister.

3. During the conversation about their childhood, what does Asghar imply about his father?
(a) Mir Nihal used to beat Asghar.
(b) Mir Nihal was the father of Dilchain's child.
(c) Mir Nihal is not as religious as he claims to be.
(d) Mir Nihal has a gambling problem.

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

5. What does Mir Nihal tell his wife will happen if Asghar insists on marrying Bilqeece?
(a) He will disown Asghar.
(b) He will divorce Begam Nihal.
(c) He will cut off financial support to Begam Nihal.
(d) He will kill Asghar.

Short Answer 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)?

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

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

4. Besides being "piercing," what other quality does the narrator say Mushtari Bai's eyes have (52)?

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

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