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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Asghar and Begam Waheed are talking about their childhood, what can Asghar hear in the background?
(a) Qawwals singing.
(b) His aunts arguing.
(c) Street vendors shouting.
(d) Pigeons cooing.

2. What is the organizing strategy of the introduction's opening?
(a) From the general to the specific.
(b) Cause and effect.
(c) Order of importance.
(d) Comparison and contrast.

3. To whom does Sheikh Mohammad Sadiq wish to marry his niece?
(a) Asghar.
(b) Masroor.
(c) Majeed.
(d) Ghafoor.

4. What principle does Saeed Hasan say a man should put first when he is looking for a wife?
(a) Moderation.
(b) Suitability.
(c) Faithfulness.
(d) Reciprocity.

5. When Begam Waheed tells her mother that Asghar is in love with Bilqeece, what does Begam Nihal accuse Bilqeece's mother of?
(a) Scheming with Begam Waheed.
(b) Lying to Asghar about their family.
(c) Putting a spell on Asghar.
(d) Using Asghar to elevate her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part II, Chapter 4, what thought makes Mir Nihal suddenly feel guilty and stop eating?

2. What does Asghar tell Begam Waheed he will do if he cannot marry Bilqeece?

3. Who is the poet who wrote the words to the song that Gul Bano sings?

4. Why is Mir Nihal hurrying home at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 1?

5. What creature does Mir Nihal kill in Part I, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader learn in Chapter 3 about Mir Nihal's real reason for working at the lace shop, and how does this shed light on his feelings about his family?

2. What contrast do Begam Jamal and Begam Nihal make between the processions held by Mughal emperors and their expectations for the procession about to be held by the English?

3. Explain the trick Mir Nihal plays on his neighbor with his pigeons.

4. What does Begam Nihal tease her husband about when she calls him in to talk with him about Asghar and Bilqeece?

5. Who is Saeed Hasan, and why does he come to visit Begam Nihal?

6. How does the cat end up getting into Mir Nihal's pigeon loft?

7. In what way were E. M. Forester and Virginia Woolf involved in the publication of Twilight in India?

8. Why did Ahmed Ali write Twilight in Delhi in English?

9. What does Mir Nihal find happening when he returns home at the beginning of Chapter 2, and what finally causes him to become angry?

10. When Mir Nihal is at the procession for the Coronation, in Chapter 8, what contrast does he see between the crowd at Jama Masjid in 1857 and the one around him at the procession?

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