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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Part IV Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year do Part II, Chapters 1-4 take place?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1927.

2. What do Begam Nihal and Begam Waheed decided to do to celebrate Asghar's engagement?
(a) Have a meelad read.
(b) Invite the qawwali singers to the house.
(c) Buy Asghar some charms and amulets.
(d) Donate money to the mosque.

3. Which of his family members demonstrates sympathy for the dead pigeons and for Mir Nihal?
(a) Begam Nihal.
(b) Begam Jamal.
(c) Masroor.
(d) Mehro.

4. About how many people attend the actual wedding ceremony between Asghar and Bilqeece?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 700.
(c) 500.
(d) 200.

5. What additional insult to the dead often occurs after grave robbers dig up their corpses?
(a) They are moved into mass burial sites.
(b) They are sold to medical schools.
(c) Scavenger animals eat from their bodies.
(d) Thieves steal and ransom the bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Part II, Chapter 5 description of Red Beard stress?

2. In Part I, Chapter 4, who asks Asghar, "When are we going to hear the good news of your marriage?" (20)?

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

4. What does Mir Nihal tell his wife will happen if Asghar insists on marrying Bilqeece?

5. After Begam Waheed gives Asghar the good news about his mother deciding he can marry Bilqeece, what advice does she give Asghar?

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