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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Part II, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who are the Mughals?
(a) An Afghan dynasty who ruled parts of India for about 16 years during the 1500's.
(b) A dynasty originating in Southern India that ruled from the 1400's to the early 1600's.
(c) A Turco-Mongolian dynasty who ruled India from the late 1500's to the early 1700's.
(d) A dynasty originating in Northern India that ruled for the first half of the 1800's.

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

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

5. Besides being "piercing," what other quality does the narrator say Mushtari Bai's eyes have (52)?
(a) They are "luminous."
(b) They are "poisonous."
(c) They are "shaded with uncertainty."
(d) They are "full of night."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mir Nihal forbid Asghar to study at Aligarh?

2. What causes Mir Nihal to be so depressed that he does not fly his pigeons one afternoon in Chapter 2?

3. While Asghar and Begam Waheed are talking about their childhood, what can Asghar hear in the background?

4. What do the adults tell the children causes dust storms?

5. In the story about Mir Jamal's pigeons, what does Mir Jamal refuse to do?

(see the answer key)

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