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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. What does the introduction's title indicate the purpose of the introduction is?
(a) To explain why the author wrote Twilight in Delhi.
(b) To expose the barbarism with which the British ruled India.
(c) To make a claim for the essentially Muslim nature of Delhi.
(d) To offer insight into the historical circumstances that led to British rule in India.

2. What happy news do the Nihals receive in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) A wealthy man has proposed to their youngest daughter.
(b) Mir Nihal's lace business has turned a record profit.
(c) Their son has finally chosen someone to marry.
(d) Begum Waheed is coming to visit them.

3. As Mir Nihal hurries to Babban Jan's on Friday night, what does he hear both a song and a poem about?
(a) Faith.
(b) Love.
(c) Old age.
(d) Death.

4. Bundoo's mother tells Asghar that she feels it hardly necessary to observe "purdah" with him. In this context, what does "purdah" refer to?
(a) The rules surrounding the seclusion of women from men.
(b) The customs of welcoming and hospitality.
(c) The customary deference of younger people to their elders.
(d) The rules separating one caste from another.

5. What was the cause of Asghar, Begam Waheed, and Begam Nihal being sent away to live somewhere else when Asghar was a child?
(a) Begam Waheed had an interest in a boy the family disliked.
(b) Begam Nihal was mentally unwell.
(c) Mir Nihal could not afford to keep everyone in his house.
(d) Asghar had angered his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does the man who wants to marry the Nihals' daughter live?

2. Besides being "piercing," what other quality does the narrator say Mushtari Bai's eyes have (52)?

3. To what does the narrator compare the streets and alleys of Delhi?

4. What does Bari tell Mushtari Bai she should do for him and Asghar?

5. When Asghar arrives at Bari's house, what is his friend doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What idea of Mir Nihal's comes up again when he discusses the marriage of Sheikh Mohammad Sadiq's niece, and how is he distracted from pursuing it?

3. What is Begam Nihal's objection to Bilqeece's family?

4. How is Babban Jan's mother affected by her death, and what does Mir Nihal tell the woman about her concerns?

5. What are three reasons that Begam Nihal decides to advocate for Asghar with Mir Nihal?

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

7. 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?

8. How did Asghar come to be raised in Bhopal?

9. What does Khwaja Ashraf Ali notice about Mir Nihal on Thursday, and why does he react the way he reacts when he learns the cause, on Friday?

10. What do Khwaja Ashraf Ali, Mir Nihal, and Hakim Bashir argue about, and what story does Khwaja Ashraf Ali tell to end the argument?

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