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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 is Habibuddin referring to when, on his deathbed, he says "It's beautiful, divine" (197)?
(a) A rose.
(b) A child.
(c) God's love.
(d) The afterlife.

2. What government action is the subject of the popular slogan that Asghar sees written in several places?
(a) The Government of India Act.
(b) The Rowlatt Acts.
(c) The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
(d) The declaration of martial law in the Punjab.

3. What is Mirza the milk-seller's attitude toward the English?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Obsequious.
(c) Ambivalent.
(d) Grateful.

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

5. Besides higher prices, what is affecting the economy of Delhi at the time that Part III, Chapter 9 takes place?
(a) The failure of Indian banks.
(b) Cheap imported goods.
(c) Crop failure.
(d) Heavy export taxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ahmad Wazir?

2. What reason does Asghar give his mother for wanting to remarry?

3. What "old saying" does Bagam Nihal offer Asghar when they discuss his marriage (187)?

4. After Bilqeece asks Asghar to forgive her, what is the last thing she asks of him?

5. How does Zohra treat Asghar after she confesses her feelings to him in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Asghar believe is the "one thing that kept the heart of man alive," and why does he believe this (182)?

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

3. Describe Mehro's groom.

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

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

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

7. Describe what happens to Mir Nihal when he gets home after seeing the funeral procession.

8. What happens to Habibuddin in Chapter 9?

9. What complaints does the narrator make against the grave diggers, cloth merchants, and body washers?

10. Once Asghar and Bilqeece have their own home, what is the routine they settle into?

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