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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 the main idea of the epigraph on the book's title page?
(a) The Indian people must hold the British to account for their cruelty.
(b) Despite its colonial status, Delhi remains an important world capital.
(c) The people of Delhi should push harder to end colonial rule.
(d) Delhi has undergone a significant decline under colonial rule.

2. What event are workers being forced to work in the extreme heat in preparation for?
(a) A rumored attack by the Provisional Government of India.
(b) The move of the British Raj's capitol to Delhi.
(c) The coronation of George V and his wife, Mary.
(d) The hosting of a World's Fair in Delhi.

3. What does Asghar tell Begam Waheed he will do if he cannot marry Bilqeece?
(a) Move far away.
(b) Renounce his family.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Marry a dancing girl.

4. What was the cause of Asghar, Begam Waheed, and Begam Nihal being sent away to live somewhere else when Asghar was a child?
(a) Begam Nihal was mentally unwell.
(b) Asghar had angered his father.
(c) Begam Waheed had an interest in a boy the family disliked.
(d) Mir Nihal could not afford to keep everyone in his house.

5. Why is Mir Nihal hurrying home at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 1?
(a) He wants to bring some mangoes to his family to make sherbet.
(b) He has heard that Begam Nihal has arranged Asghar's marriage.
(c) He has heard that Babban Jan has sent a message to his house.
(d) He has forgotten to give his pigeons water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What conclusion does Mir Nihan come to during his conversation with Nawab Puttan in Part II?

2. Why does Asghar go to see Mushtari Bai in Chapter 11?

3. When Asghar arrives at Bari's house, what is his friend doing?

4. What does Khwaja Ashraf Ali see in the cage that Nazir is carrying through the Chowk?

5. What does Mushtari Bai mean when she compares Asghar to "the moon of Eed" (53)?

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