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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 Asghar tell Begam Shahbaz when she tells him that he needs to show Bilqeece more affection?
(a) He says that he is not that kind of person, and that Began Shahbaz knew this when she let her daughter marry him.
(b) He says that both Began Shahbaz and Bilqeece should remember who is the master of the house.
(c) He says that Begam Shahbaz is just lonely and jealous and that she should mind her own business.
(d) He says that Bilqeece is telling lies about him and he threatens to divorce her.

2. When Jehan Ara is teething and fussy, what does Asghar accuse his wife of?
(a) Neglecting him.
(b) Being uneducated.
(c) Behaving like a child.
(d) Hurting the child.

3. After the younger people feed Asghar sweets in Part III, what do the older people put in his hands?
(a) Nuts.
(b) Pinches of spice.
(c) Coins.
(d) Golden beads.

4. Why does Habibuddin argue that they cannot cancel Mehro's wedding?
(a) They have spent a lot of money on the preparations.
(b) The groom's family will take some kind of revenge on them.
(c) It will shame their family.
(d) Mehro herself has not asked them to.

5. What does Mir Nihal see just before he sees the funeral procession in Part III, Chapter 9?
(a) A fistfight.
(b) A stray cat.
(c) A beggar.
(d) A dead pigeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Part III, Chapter 6 take place?

2. Who decides to propose to Surayya, the woman that Bagam Nahil originally wanted Asghar to marry?

3. What household responsibility has Asghar taken on in the wake of Bilqeece's death?

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

5. What English military loss does Mir Nihal think about at the beginning of Part IV, Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say about prayers and God in the context of the pandemic?

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

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

6. Explain what Mir Nihal's grandchildren do that makes him so angry, and tell how he responds to their misbehavior.

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

8. How does Bilqeece's upbringing make it difficult for her to return Asghar's passion?

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

10. How does Asghar behave in the months immediately following Bilqeece's death?

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