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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the poet who wrote the words to the song that Gul Bano sings?
(a) Mir Babar Ali Anis.
(b) Bahadur Shah.
(c) Ghalib.
(d) Mir Taqi Mir.

2. In Part I, Chapter 4, who asks Asghar, "When are we going to hear the good news of your marriage?" (20)?
(a) Bundoo.
(b) Mir Nihal.
(c) His sister-in-law.
(d) Bilqeece.

3. What was the cause of Asghar, Begam Waheed, and Begam Nihal being sent away to live somewhere else when Asghar was a child?
(a) Begam Nihal was mentally unwell.
(b) Mir Nihal could not afford to keep everyone in his house.
(c) Begam Waheed had an interest in a boy the family disliked.
(d) Asghar had angered his father.

4. In the story about Mir Jamal's pigeons, what does Mir Jamal refuse to do?
(a) Fly his pigeons with amateurs and hobbyists.
(b) Keep the pigeons that his flock captured.
(c) Take part in any matches held at the Durbar.
(d) Train his pigeons to fly from a carriage roof.

5. What word do the older people like Begam Nihal use to refer to the place where they live?
(a) Bharat.
(b) Aryavarta.
(c) Hindustan.
(d) Nabhivarsha.

6. What is the organizing strategy of the introduction's opening?
(a) Order of importance.
(b) Comparison and contrast.
(c) From the general to the specific.
(d) Cause and effect.

7. What does Mir Nihal think of when he is at the procession and sees the Red Fort?
(a) That the English are desecrating it.
(b) That Shah Jahan was a glorious ruler.
(c) That Delhi was at its greatest during the time of the Delhi Sultanate.
(d) That in a sense, the Mughals were also occupiers.

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

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

10. What caused the abolition of Persian, Sanskrit, and Arabic from Indian schools?
(a) The British attempt to anglicize Indians.
(b) The elevation of Warren Hastings to Governor.
(c) The intervention of the Catholic Church.
(d) The defeat of an attempted Afghan invasion of India.

11. In Part II, Chapter 5, what do the friends agree is the missing ingredient in the Jama Masjid prescription?
(a) Heat.
(b) A bitter green herb.
(c) Faith.
(d) A golden flower.

12. In Part II, Chapter 4, what thought makes Mir Nihal suddenly feel guilty and stop eating?
(a) He has neglected his responsibilities to his wife and children.
(b) He was not present at Babban Jan's death because he was busy with his birds.
(c) Babban Jan is dead and he should not be enjoying himself.
(d) The deaths of the pigeons were a result of his distraction over a mistress.

13. What principle does Saeed Hasan say a man should put first when he is looking for a wife?
(a) Suitability.
(b) Reciprocity.
(c) Moderation.
(d) Faithfulness.

14. Why is Mir Nihal hurrying home at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 1?
(a) He has heard that Babban Jan has sent a message to his house.
(b) He has heard that Begam Nihal has arranged Asghar's marriage.
(c) He has forgotten to give his pigeons water.
(d) He wants to bring some mangoes to his family to make sherbet.

15. What is the Eed (Eid) referred to in Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) A celebration held at the end of Ramadan.
(b) The Islamic New Year celebration.
(c) A feast held during the time of the Hajj pilgrimage.
(d) A celebration held to commemorate the birth of Mohammad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mir Nihal go on most evenings after dinner in Part I?

2. What point does the narrator make in Part II, Chapter 7 about the living descendants of Bahadur Shah?

3. As Mir Nihal hurries to Babban Jan's on Friday night, what does he hear both a song and a poem about?

4. What does Asghar's strategy seem to be in bringing up the death of Begam Waheed's husband?

5. What does Ali say caused the British paranoia about Muslim scholars that resulted in their violent suppression of the "Wahabi" conspiracy (xii)?

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