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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 Mir Nihal notice about Delhi in the beginning of Part III, Chapter 9?
(a) There are fewer pigeons in the sky.
(b) He hardly recognizes the streets anymore.
(c) It has gotten very crowded.
(d) Many signs are now in English only.

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

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

4. After several months following his stroke, what is Mir Nihal able to do by himself?
(a) Eat and drink.
(b) Sit up in bed.
(c) Walk outside.
(d) Go up the stairs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Begam Jamal tells Begam Shahbaz about Asghar's plan to marry Zohra, what is Begam Shahbaz's reaction?

2. What does Asghar buy Bilqeece to wear at Mehro's wedding?

3. What is the implied criticism in Mir Nihal's thoughts about how "The young only agitated" (175)?

4. What is Saeed Hasan disappointed in when he comes to visit Asghar's home in Part III?

5. What do Asghar's friends do while he waits to be "introduced" to his bride after the ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a choice made by a servant end up affecting the course of Asghar's future at the end of the novel?

2. What happens to Habibuddin in Chapter 9?

3. What are Saeed Hasan's views about Indian independence, and why?

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

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

6. Explain why Begam Nihal falls on the stairs and what is done for her afterward.

7. How does Zohra end up confessing her feelings to Asghar?

8. When Habibuddin hears what has happened to Mirza's son, why does his reaction please Mir Nihal?

9. In the beginning of Chapter 4, what is Mir Nihal's attitude toward Delhi and the British occupation?

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

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