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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Part III, Chapters 6-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides higher prices, what is affecting the economy of Delhi at the time that Part III, Chapter 9 takes place?
(a) Heavy export taxes.
(b) Crop failure.
(c) The failure of Indian banks.
(d) Cheap imported goods.

2. What is significant about the year that Begam Nihal compares the summer's heat to?
(a) It is the year of the Indian Mutiny.
(b) It is the year of the first meeting of the Indian National Congress.
(c) It is the year of the Mughal overthrow of the Delhi Sultinate.
(d) It is the year in which the East India Company established its first trading station.

3. 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.

4. What does Mir Nihal notice about Delhi in the beginning of Part III, Chapter 9?
(a) Many signs are now in English only.
(b) It has gotten very crowded.
(c) There are fewer pigeons in the sky.
(d) He hardly recognizes the streets anymore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main idea of the epigraph on the book's title page?

2. What does Asghar tell Begam Shahbaz when she tells him that he needs to show Bilqeece more affection?

3. What does Begam Nihal say is causing the illness in the Nihal household?

4. What do the adults tell the children causes dust storms?

5. What does Mir Nihal think of when he is at the procession and sees the Red Fort?

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