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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 is significant about the year that Begam Nihal compares the summer's heat to?
(a) It is the year of the first meeting of the Indian National Congress.
(b) It is the year of the Indian Mutiny.
(c) It is the year of the Mughal overthrow of the Delhi Sultinate.
(d) It is the year in which the East India Company established its first trading station.

2. What does Mushtari Bai mean when she compares Asghar to "the moon of Eed" (53)?
(a) She suspects that Asghar has fallen in love with someone else.
(b) She feels betrayed by the way Asghar has treated her.
(c) She gets frustrated waiting to see Asghar.
(d) She knows that Asghar does not really love her.

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

4. In Part I, Chapter 4, who asks Asghar, "When are we going to hear the good news of your marriage?" (20)?
(a) Mir Nihal.
(b) His sister-in-law.
(c) Bilqeece.
(d) Bundoo.

5. When Begam Nihal tells her husband that he can buy more pigeons to replace those that have died, how does he react?
(a) He stands up and walks out of the house.
(b) He tells her about Babban Jan and her death.
(c) He tells her that she knows nothing about him or his life.
(d) He announces that he is giving up flying pigeons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event are workers being forced to work in the extreme heat in preparation for?

2. Who has been urging Mir Nihal to retire?

3. What is implied by the snippet of poetry that Mir Nihal thinks about at the end of Part II, Chapter 1?

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. How old is Mir Nihal?

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