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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. How old is Mir Nihal?
(a) 69.
(b) 62.
(c) 55.
(d) 75.

2. What advice does Bari give Asghar about his love life?
(a) He should buy charms to help him persuade his father.
(b) He should marry Mushtari Bai.
(c) He should contact his sister in Bhopal for her help.
(d) Loving is not as satisfying as is being loved.

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

4. By what year does the Introduction say the British East India Company had established control of India?
(a) 1757.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1835.

5. What caused Ahmed Ali to be unable to return to India?
(a) The Indian government's anger over his writings.
(b) His decision to renounce his Indian citizenship.
(c) The partition of India and Pakistan.
(d) The outbreak of World War I.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Begam Waheed gives Asghar the good news about his mother deciding he can marry Bilqeece, what advice does she give Asghar?

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

3. What does Asghar's strategy seem to be in bringing up the death of Begam Waheed's husband?

4. What changes about the weather just before Begam Waheed's departure for Bhopal?

5. Why is Mir Nihal hurrying home at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 1?

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