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

2. What is the main subject of Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) The relationship between Asghar and Bilqeece.
(b) The typical daily routines of the Nihal household.
(c) The symbolic importance of Mir Nihal's pigeons.
(d) The decline of the city of Delhi.

3. What happens shortly after Bilqeece gives birth to her daughter?
(a) Mirza Shahbaz Beg dies.
(b) Ghafoor marries a fourteen-year-old girl.
(c) Bundoo offers Asghar a business opportunity.
(d) Begam Waheed comes to live with Bilqeece and Ashgar.

4. What is thrown into the crowd of guests as soon as the wedding prayers have finished in Part III?
(a) Coins.
(b) Dates.
(c) Rice.
(d) Candy.

5. What hobbies does Mir Nihal pursue in Chapter 5?
(a) Kite fighting and poetry.
(b) Poetry and medicine.
(c) Alchemy and kite fighting.
(d) Medicine and alchemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part III, Chapter 1, what are the women busy working on?

2. In Part II, Chapter 5, what do the friends agree is the missing ingredient in the Jama Masjid prescription?

3. What point does the narrator make in Part II, Chapter 7 about the living descendants of Bahadur Shah?

4. What does Bilqeece's family mix with the hand-washing water that the men of the Nihal family use after the wedding feast?

5. What principle does Saeed Hasan say a man should put first when he is looking for a wife?

(see the answer key)

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