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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What government action is the subject of the popular slogan that Asghar sees written in several places?
(a) The Rowlatt Acts.
(b) The Government of India Act.
(c) The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
(d) The declaration of martial law in the Punjab.

3. Where does Part III, Chapter 6 say that "strange people" begun appearing from, changing the language and culture of Delhi (144)?
(a) Africa.
(b) The Punjab.
(c) Europe.
(d) Afghanistan.

4. What household responsibility has Asghar taken on in the wake of Bilqeece's death?
(a) Caring for Jehan Ara.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Shopping.

5. In what year does Part IV, Chapter 6 take place?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1917.

6. When Asghar is speaking with Begam Nihal about Zohra in Part IV, what does he notice about his parents' home?
(a) It is smaller than he remembers.
(b) It is dirty and neglected.
(c) It has changed little from his childhood.
(d) They still have no English furnishings.

7. Which of the women performs a dance while dressed like a man, to amuse the other women in Part III?
(a) Begam Jamal.
(b) Begam Waheed.
(c) Dilchain.
(d) Mehro.

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

9. What happens shortly after Bilqeece gives birth to her daughter?
(a) Bundoo offers Asghar a business opportunity.
(b) Ghafoor marries a fourteen-year-old girl.
(c) Mirza Shahbaz Beg dies.
(d) Begam Waheed comes to live with Bilqeece and Ashgar.

10. How long after his stroke is it before Mir Nihal can speak clearly again?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 3 days.

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

12. What is put into Bilqeece's palm for Asghar to try to eat during the wedding ceremony?
(a) Rice pudding.
(b) Cheese curds.
(c) Green mango.
(d) Milk-soaked bread.

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

14. What is the primary focus of the description in the opening paragraphs of Part III, Chapter 6?
(a) The growing violence of resistance against the English.
(b) The changes the English are making in Delhi.
(c) The anger Indians feel about New Delhi.
(d) The decay and decline of Delhi.

15. Why does Habibuddin come home to the Nihal house in Part IV, Chapter 7?
(a) He wants to see his sons.
(b) He is sick.
(c) He knows that his father is ill.
(d) He wants to get the place into better shape for his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides higher prices, what is affecting the economy of Delhi at the time that Part III, Chapter 9 takes place?

2. What does Bilqeece have a nightmare about in Part III?

3. What is foreshadowed by the epigraph that prefaces Part IV?

4. In the story that Saeed Hasan tells in Part III about the farmer and his daughter, what does the daughter discover?

5. Which member of the Nihal household is mentioned as having died at the beginning of Part IV, Chapter 1?

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