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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 does Khwaja Ashraf Ali see in the cage that Nazir is carrying through the Chowk?
(a) Several of Hakim Bashir's Kabuli pigeons.
(b) The bodies of the pigeons that died of heat.
(c) Rare pigeons that Mir Nihal has bought at the Chowk.
(d) Two of his own pigeons.

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

3. What news does Shams bring two days before the Coronation?
(a) The pavilion has been burnt down.
(b) The British will hold a feast for their Indian subjects.
(c) A British soldier has been killed.
(d) The new King will make a speech.

4. In the opening paragraphs of Part II, Chapter 7, what aspect of the days before the Coronation is stressed?
(a) The hypocrisy.
(b) The injustice.
(c) The anxiety.
(d) The novelty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Bari give Asghar about his love life?

2. What is Molvi Dulhan dressed like in Part II?

3. What does Bari tell Mushtari Bai she should do for him and Asghar?

4. When Begam Waheed first arrives and asks her mother why Asghar looks thin and pale, what does her mother tell her is bothering him?

5. When Begam Waheed tells her mother that Asghar is in love with Bilqeece, what does Begam Nihal accuse Bilqeece's mother of?

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