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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. Why did Mir Nihal forbid Asghar to study at Aligarh?
(a) Mir Nihal has heard that Aligarh admits female students.
(b) Mir Nihal thinks that the curriculum at Aligarh is too difficult for Asghar.
(c) Mir Nihal thinks that studying at Aligarh will alienate his son from Islam.
(d) Mir Nihal does not have the money for Aligarh's tuition.

2. What is the organizing strategy of the introduction's opening?
(a) Order of importance.
(b) Cause and effect.
(c) Comparison and contrast.
(d) From the general to the specific.

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

4. What causes Mir Nihal to be so depressed that he does not fly his pigeons one afternoon in Chapter 2?
(a) The diminishing role he plays in his own household.
(b) His concern over the illness of Begam Jamal and Masroor.
(c) The heat-related deaths of some of his birds.
(d) His worries over Babban Jan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the conversation about their childhood, what does Asghar imply about his father?

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

3. Why does Mir Nihal not go into work on Saturday after a cat attacked his pigeons?

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

5. Who is Mehro Zamani?

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