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

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

3. How does Asghar show his appreciation for Nasim's poetry recitation?
(a) He teaches Nasim another poem.
(b) He offers to pay Nasim's school tuition.
(c) He gives the boy a rupee.
(d) He brings friends over to listen to the poem.

4. What reason does Asghar give his mother for wanting to remarry?
(a) He is lonely.
(b) It is embarrassing for him to be unmarried.
(c) He is in love with Zohra.
(d) Jahan Ara needs a mother.

5. After Bilqeece asks Asghar to forgive her, what is the last thing she asks of him?
(a) To marry again someday.
(b) To visit her grave each day.
(c) To take care of Jehan Ara.
(d) To remember her goodness, not her faults.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Bilqeece's death is it when Asghar realizes that he is in love with Zohra?

2. Why does Habibuddin come home to the Nihal house in Part IV, Chapter 7?

3. What does Mir Nihal do when he sees the funeral procession in Part III, Chapter 9?

4. Where does Part III, Chapter 6 say that "strange people" begun appearing from, changing the language and culture of Delhi (144)?

5. When the buried earthen doll is discovered, what conclusion do the women reach about Habibuddin's condition?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways are Habibuddin and his son proud of one another?

2. What does the narrator say families have to understand about raising daughters?

3. What contrasting emotions do Asghar and Bilqeece feel when the time comes for Asghar to take her home to his house?

4. What song does Asghar hear at the graveyard, and how does he react?

5. Describe Mehro's life and marriage during this time period.

6. When Bilqeece is near death in Chapter 11, who does Asghar send for, and what does this person tell them?

7. What happens to Habibuddin in Chapter 9?

8. Explain why it is the changes made to Chandni Chowk that "affected the people more deeply than anything else" (143).

9. What happens with the paste of "herbs and drugs good for the complexion" (119)?

10. In Chapter 7, what has changed in Asghar's relationship with his wife?

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