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

2. What changes about the weather just before Begam Waheed's departure for Bhopal?
(a) A cooler breeze begins and rain finally blows into Delhi.
(b) There is a storm that floods the roads out of Delhi.
(c) The breeze dies and the heat becomes unbearable.
(d) There is a period of unseasonable cold.

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

4. 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) An overburdened donkey.
(d) A starving tiger.

5. Why does Asghar go to see Mushtari Bai in Chapter 11?
(a) He wants to ask Mushtair Bai to keep their relationship a secret.
(b) Bari asks Asghar to introduce him to Mushtari Bai.
(c) Bari thinks it will cheer Asghar up.
(d) He owes Mushtari Bai money.

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 Mir Nihal tell his wife will happen if Asghar insists on marrying Bilqeece?

3. By what year does the Introduction say the British East India Company had established control of India?

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

5. Besides their money, what does Begam Nihal like about Meraj's family?

(see the answer key)

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