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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bilqeece have a nightmare about in Part III?
(a) Seeing the face of death.
(b) Asghar divorcing her.
(c) Jehan Ara having a cruel stepmother.
(d) Falling into a deep pit.

2. How old was Begam Nihal when she married Mir Nihal?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

3. In Part III, Chapter 5, who gets Asghar a job?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His father-in-law.

4. Who overhears the discussion between Begam Nihal and Asghar about his wish to marry Zohra?
(a) Anjum Zamani.
(b) The Hunchbacked Aunt.
(c) Begam Jamal.
(d) Dilchain.

5. What political movement from the previous year does Mir Nihal think about at the beginning of Part IV, Chapter 4?
(a) The Home Rule Movement.
(b) The Indian Independence Movement.
(c) The Salt Satyagraha.
(d) The Young India Congress.

6. What does Bilqeece believe is wrong in her relationship with Asghar, as described in Part III?
(a) There are too many members of her family living with them.
(b) He is ashamed that he cannot provide more for her.
(c) She must have done something wrong and made him angry.
(d) It is natural for husband and wife to grow apart over time.

7. About how many people attend the actual wedding ceremony between Asghar and Bilqeece?
(a) 700.
(b) 500.
(c) 200.
(d) 1,000.

8. What is Habibuddin referring to when, on his deathbed, he says "It's beautiful, divine" (197)?
(a) God's love.
(b) A rose.
(c) A child.
(d) The afterlife.

9. Who is Blind Hafizji?
(a) Begam Shahbaz's nearest living male relative.
(b) One of the Hakims who treat Habibuddin.
(c) The husband of Hunchbacked Aunt.
(d) An itinerant faqir staying for a few days at the Nihal house.

10. What does Begam Waheed do when the palanquin carrying Bilqeece reaches the vestibule of the Nihal house?
(a) Washes Bilqeece's feet with milk.
(b) Brings Bilqeece new shoes for her new home.
(c) Removes the veil covering Bilqeece's face.
(d) Touches the hem of Bilqeece's garment.

11. From what bird does Kambal Shah suggest an "oil" be made to help Mir Nihal (157)?
(a) Peacock.
(b) Falcoln.
(c) Pelican.
(d) Cuckoo.

12. Why does the narrator call Hindu's "lucky" during the pandemic (169)?
(a) So many of them have already died in the war.
(b) They do not need to bury their dead.
(c) They are mostly spared from the disease.
(d) They have greater access to medicine and doctors.

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

14. Which member of the Nihal household is mentioned as having died at the beginning of Part IV, Chapter 1?
(a) Begam Jamal.
(b) Shams.
(c) Habibuddin's son.
(d) Shams's wife.

15. How old is Jehan Ara at the beginning of Part III, Chapter 10?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after his stroke is it before Mir Nihal can speak clearly again?

2. Where does Part III, Chapter 6 say that "strange people" begun appearing from, changing the language and culture of Delhi (144)?

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

4. When Jehan Ara is teething and fussy, what does Asghar accuse his wife of?

5. When the buried earthen doll is discovered, what conclusion do the women reach about Habibuddin's condition?

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