View a FREE sample

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

2. 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.

3. To what animal does the narrator compare the city of Delhi in the story's opening pages?
(a) A beaten dog.
(b) An elderly bull.
(c) A starving tiger.
(d) An overburdened donkey.

4. Besides their money, what does Begam Nihal like about Meraj's family?
(a) They are related to Begam Waheed's in-laws.
(b) They have connections abroad.
(c) The father is an important religious leader.
(d) The sisters are all well-married.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the introduction's title indicate the purpose of the introduction is?

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

3. What is the organizing strategy of the introduction's opening?

4. When Begam Nihal is asked to tell the story of the Mutiny, the word "Farangis" is used (6). What does this word mean?

5. What caused Ahmed Ali to be unable to return to India?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 353 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample