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

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

3. What happy news do the Nihals receive in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) A wealthy man has proposed to their youngest daughter.
(b) Begum Waheed is coming to visit them.
(c) Mir Nihal's lace business has turned a record profit.
(d) Their son has finally chosen someone to marry.

4. What rumor has Mir Nihal heard about Nisar Ahmad?
(a) He uses powerful charms to acquire customers.
(b) He has rare dappled pigeons for sale.
(c) He sells impure ghee in his business.
(d) He has a Farangi girlfriend.

5. What is ironic about Asghar's characterization of their days in Bhopal as "happy" (35)?
(a) Begam Waheed argued against him being sent to live with her.
(b) The two stories he recalls from that time are not really happy ones.
(c) He has repeatedly told Bundoo how unhappy he was in Bhopal.
(d) The reader is aware that Asghar is not really capable of happiness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On Saturday morning, what is Mir Nihal's reaction to seeing the cat that attacked his pigeons?

3. What word do the older people like Begam Nihal use to refer to the place where they live?

4. What hobbies does Mir Nihal pursue in Chapter 5?

5. What caused the abolition of Persian, Sanskrit, and Arabic from Indian schools?

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