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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mir Nihal do when Asghar comes to his house wearing English clothes in Part IV?
(a) He does nothing.
(b) He pretends to be asleep.
(c) He pretends not to know Asghar.
(d) He throws Asghar out.

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

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

4. In Part IV, Chapter 4, why does Mir Nihal no longer get visits from Kambal Shah?
(a) Kambal Shah has died of the flu.
(b) Kambal Shah is too elderly to leave home.
(c) Kambal Shah is in a British prison.
(d) Kambal Shah has disappeared.

5. 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.

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

7. When Jehan Ara is teething and fussy, what does Asghar accuse his wife of?
(a) Hurting the child.
(b) Being uneducated.
(c) Neglecting him.
(d) Behaving like a child.

8. What historical event begins in the opening of Part III, Chapter 8?
(a) World War II.
(b) Mahatma Gandhi's non-cooperation campaign
(c) The first meeting of the Indian National Congress.
(d) World War I.

9. What is Asghar's response to the political situation in India?
(a) Anger.
(b) Amusement.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Fear.

10. What work is Begam Nihal engaged in when Asghar comes to speak to her about Zohra in Part IV?
(a) Washing dishes.
(b) Sorting lentils.
(c) Disentangling thread.
(d) Mending clothing.

11. What is the "neg" that Asghar has to give his female cousins in Part III (118)?
(a) Sweets.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Cloth.
(d) Money.

12. What does Asghar buy Bilqeece to wear at Mehro's wedding?
(a) A silk suit.
(b) A head covering.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Shoes.

13. What English military loss does Mir Nihal think about at the beginning of Part IV, Chapter 4?
(a) The Battle of the Somme.
(b) The First Battle of Marne.
(c) The Battle of Jutland.
(d) The Gallipoli Campaign.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mir Nihal think about the new music that he hears in the streets outside his house in Part IV?

2. What does Bilqeece make Begam Shahbaz promise her in Part III, Chapter 10?

3. What is Habibuddin referring to when, on his deathbed, he says "It's beautiful, divine" (197)?

4. In Part III, what are the residents of Delhi afraid will happen once New Delhi is completed?

5. At the beginning of Part III, Chapter 1, what are the women busy working on?

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