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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. When Asghar arrives at Bari's house, what is his friend doing?
(a) Smoking a hookah.
(b) Kite fighting.
(c) Flying pigeons.
(d) Reading a book of poetry.

2. How long after his stroke is it before Mir Nihal can speak clearly again?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 1 month.

3. After several months following his stroke, what is Mir Nihal able to do by himself?
(a) Walk outside.
(b) Sit up in bed.
(c) Go up the stairs.
(d) Eat and drink.

4. Who is Ahmad Wazir?
(a) Bilqeece's uncle.
(b) A local beggar.
(c) A cleric from the family's mosque.
(d) The family barber.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the organizing strategy of the introduction's opening?

2. When Mir Nihal arrives home at the beginning of the story, what does his wife tell him about their son?

3. What is Mizra Nasirul Mulk's relationship to Bahadur Shah?

4. Why does Mir Nihal not go into work on Saturday after a cat attacked his pigeons?

5. In Part III, what are the residents of Delhi afraid will happen once New Delhi is completed?

(see the answer key)

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