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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Part III, Chapter 1, what are the women busy working on?
(a) Sewing clothing for Bilqeece.
(b) Cleaning the house before the guests arrive.
(c) Cooking for the guests.
(d) Buying new jewelry to wear to the wedding.

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

3. 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) Hunchbacked Aunt.
(c) Dilchain.
(d) Anjum Zamani.

4. Which person from Asghar's own family agrees that he selfish and not treating Bilqeece properly in Part III?
(a) Begam Jamal.
(b) Begam Waheed.
(c) Mir Nihal.
(d) Begam Nihal.

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

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

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

8. After the younger people feed Asghar sweets in Part III, what do the older people put in his hands?
(a) Coins.
(b) Nuts.
(c) Pinches of spice.
(d) Golden beads.

9. What is foreshadowed by the epigraph that prefaces Part IV?
(a) Mir Nihal's decline.
(b) Bilqeece's death.
(c) Asghar's relationship with Zohra.
(d) The flu epidemic.

10. What is the implied criticism in Mir Nihal's thoughts about how "The young only agitated" (175)?
(a) He thinks that the young are all talk and that they do not take direct enough action.
(b) He thinks that it is time for the young to simply accept British rule.
(c) He thinks that the actions young people take are likely to stir up prejudice against Muslims.
(d) He thinks that young people are too emotional in their protests.

11. How does Asghar get to Bilqeece's home on the day of his wedding?
(a) In a carriage.
(b) On the shoulders of his male relatives.
(c) On horseback.
(d) In a palanquin.

12. What does Bilqeece make Begam Shahbaz promise her in Part III, Chapter 10?
(a) To take care of Jehan Ara after her death.
(b) To demand payment from Asghar's family if she should die.
(c) To stop buying charms to try to prevent her death.
(d) To make sure that Asghar does not remarry after her death.

13. How long after Bilqeece's death is it when Asghar realizes that he is in love with Zohra?
(a) Just over a year.
(b) 11 months.
(c) A year and a half.
(d) 6 months.

14. In the story that Saeed Hasan tells about the barber and the king, what does the king steal and return?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Knives.
(c) Nail clippers.
(d) Coins.

15. How does Zohra treat Asghar after she confesses her feelings to him in Part IV?
(a) She watches him for a sign of his feelings.
(b) She tries to manipulate his emotions.
(c) She avoids seeing him.
(d) She is irritable and cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he thinks that Bilqeece is really on the verge of death, what does Asghar feel?

2. What does Mir Nihal do when Asghar comes to his house wearing English clothes in Part IV?

3. What does Mir Nihal notice about Delhi in the beginning of Part III, Chapter 9?

4. Who is Blind Hafizji?

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

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