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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8: Part IV Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Sheikh Mohammad Sadiq wish to marry his niece?
(a) Ghafoor.
(b) Majeed.
(c) Asghar.
(d) Masroor.

2. What does the narrator say prevents the world from being "a barren desert in which no oasis exists" (91)?
(a) Charity.
(b) Faith.
(c) Love.
(d) Hope.

3. What is Asghar's response to the political situation in India?
(a) Fear.
(b) Amusement.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Anger.

4. What is the primary focus of the description in the opening paragraphs of Part III, Chapter 6?
(a) The growing violence of resistance against the English.
(b) The decay and decline of Delhi.
(c) The changes the English are making in Delhi.
(d) The anger Indians feel about New Delhi.

5. What does Zohra do when her mother tells her that she must begin observing purdah with Asghar?
(a) Obeys her mother.
(b) Appeals her mother's decision to her father.
(c) Goes to see him secretly.
(d) Runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mir Nihal think about the new music that he hears in the streets outside his house in Part IV?

2. When Begam Nihal tells her husband that he can buy more pigeons to replace those that have died, how does he react?

3. Who overhears the discussion between Begam Nihal and Asghar about his wish to marry Zohra?

4. What English military loss does Mir Nihal think about at the beginning of Part IV, Chapter 4?

5. Which person from Asghar's own family agrees that he selfish and not treating Bilqeece properly in Part III?

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