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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) Masroor.
(d) Asghar.

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) Begam Waheed argued against him being sent to live with her.
(c) The reader is aware that Asghar is not really capable of happiness.
(d) He has repeatedly told Bundoo how unhappy he was in Bhopal.

3. Which Nihal family member is said to be everyone's favorite?
(a) Habibuddin.
(b) Asghar.
(c) Begam Waheed.
(d) Mehro.

4. What does Mir Nihal do when Asghar comes to his house wearing English clothes in Part IV?
(a) He does nothing.
(b) He pretends not to know Asghar.
(c) He throws Asghar out.
(d) He pretends to be asleep.

5. Who goes home with Asghar on the night in June when Bilqeece's heath takes a turn for the worse?
(a) Dilchain and Masroor.
(b) Zohra and Begam Shahbaz.
(c) Begam Nihal and Begam Waheed.
(d) Shams and Mir Nihal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mir Sangi claim his cousin accidentally succeeded in making silver from?

2. What do Asghar's friends do while he waits to be "introduced" to his bride after the ceremony?

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

4. When Begam Waheed first arrives and asks her mother why Asghar looks thin and pale, what does her mother tell her is bothering him?

5. What does Begam Waheed do when the palanquin carrying Bilqeece reaches the vestibule of the Nihal house?

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