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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 does Part III, Chapter 6 take place?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1914.

2. What is ironic about Asghar's characterization of their days in Bhopal as "happy" (35)?
(a) The two stories he recalls from that time are not really happy ones.
(b) The reader is aware that Asghar is not really capable of happiness.
(c) Begam Waheed argued against him being sent to live with her.
(d) He has repeatedly told Bundoo how unhappy he was in Bhopal.

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

4. What do the adults tell the children causes dust storms?
(a) One of the children has told an elder a lie.
(b) The jinns are getting ready to celebrate a wedding.
(c) The ifrit are rising up from their underground caves.
(d) The heat is trying to chase the rain away.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Bilqeece asks Asghar to forgive her, what is the last thing she asks of him?

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

4. Why do the women not spend time with Mir Nihal during the day in Part III after he has had a stroke?

5. In what city does the man who wants to marry the Nihals' daughter live?

(see the answer key)

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