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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is thrown into the crowd of guests as soon as the wedding prayers have finished in Part III?
(a) Rice.
(b) Dates.
(c) Coins.
(d) Candy.

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

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

4. 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 Young India Congress.
(c) The Salt Satyagraha.
(d) The Indian Independence Movement.

5. In what year does Part III, Chapter 6 take place?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1912.

6. As a result of Mir Nihal's accusations about trying to interfere in Asghar's happiness, who ends up moving out of the Nihal house?
(a) Begam Jamal.
(b) Anjum Zamani.
(c) Hunchbacked Aunt.
(d) Dilchain.

7. When Begam Jamal tells Begam Shahbaz about Asghar's plan to marry Zohra, what is Begam Shahbaz's reaction?
(a) She is suspicious.
(b) She is hesitant.
(c) She is envious.
(d) She is appalled.

8. Who decides to propose to Surayya, the woman that Bagam Nahil originally wanted Asghar to marry?
(a) Nazrul Hasan.
(b) Saeed Hasan.
(c) Bari.
(d) Bundoo.

9. How does Asghar show his appreciation for Nasim's poetry recitation?
(a) He teaches Nasim another poem.
(b) He offers to pay Nasim's school tuition.
(c) He gives the boy a rupee.
(d) He brings friends over to listen to the poem.

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

11. What are the grave robbers looking for when they start digging up pandemic victims?
(a) Gold and silver dental fillings.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Burial shrouds.
(d) Shoes.

12. Who is Ahmad Wazir?
(a) A local beggar.
(b) Bilqeece's uncle.
(c) The family barber.
(d) A cleric from the family's mosque.

13. 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.

14. What item among the bath things sent by Bilqeece's family is unfamiliar to the women in Asghar's family?
(a) The soap case.
(b) The tooth brushing powder.
(c) The toothbrush.
(d) The hairbrush.

15. Besides the Koran, what sits between Asghar and Bilqeece during the ceremony of seeing the bride's face?
(a) A purse of coins.
(b) A cooking pot.
(c) A plate of sweets and nuts.
(d) A mirror.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bilqeece believe is wrong in her relationship with Asghar, as described in Part III?

2. How does Zohra treat Asghar after she confesses her feelings to him in Part IV?

3. Besides the high winds, what about the summer makes the narrator say, "Nature herself...seemed angry with the people of Hindustan" (169)?

4. What does Asghar tell Begam Shahbaz when she tells him that he needs to show Bilqeece more affection?

5. Why does Habibuddin argue that they cannot cancel Mehro's wedding?

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