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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. Who is Mehro Zamani?
(a) The Nihals' daughter.
(b) The Nihals' servant.
(c) Asghar's love interest.
(d) A dancing girl.

2. When Begam Nihal tells her husband that he can buy more pigeons to replace those that have died, how does he react?
(a) He announces that he is giving up flying pigeons.
(b) He tells her about Babban Jan and her death.
(c) He stands up and walks out of the house.
(d) He tells her that she knows nothing about him or his life.

3. How does Zohra treat Asghar after she confesses her feelings to him in Part IV?
(a) She avoids seeing him.
(b) She watches him for a sign of his feelings.
(c) She tries to manipulate his emotions.
(d) She is irritable and cold.

4. What does Mir Sangi claim his cousin accidentally succeeded in making silver from?
(a) Tin.
(b) Sand.
(c) Iron.
(d) Water.

5. When Mir Nihal arrives home at the beginning of the story, what does his wife tell him about their son?
(a) He should get married soon.
(b) He was seen in the company of a dancing girl.
(c) He should get a job soon.
(d) He is spending time with a family she dislikes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bilqeece realizes that she is near death, what does she do?

2. What is the "prescription written on the southern gate of the Jama Masjid" a recipe for (88)?

3. What was the cause of Asghar, Begam Waheed, and Begam Nihal being sent away to live somewhere else when Asghar was a child?

4. What does Khwaja Ashraf Ali see in the cage that Nazir is carrying through the Chowk?

5. What changes about the weather just before Begam Waheed's departure for Bhopal?

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