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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part II, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the adults tell the children causes dust storms?
(a) One of the children has told an elder a lie.
(b) The ifrit are rising up from their underground caves.
(c) The jinns are getting ready to celebrate a wedding.
(d) The heat is trying to chase the rain away.

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

3. What does the narrator say prevents the world from being "a barren desert in which no oasis exists" (91)?
(a) Charity.
(b) Faith.
(c) Love.
(d) Hope.

4. What is the "prescription written on the southern gate of the Jama Masjid" a recipe for (88)?
(a) An antidote to poison.
(b) Gold.
(c) A "universal elixir."
(d) A powerful charm.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the introduction's title indicate the purpose of the introduction is?

4. Which residents of Delhi are described in the first page and a half of Part II, Chapter 6?

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

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