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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What additional insult to the dead often occurs after grave robbers dig up their corpses?

2. What are the grave robbers looking for when they start digging up pandemic victims?

3. Why do the women not spend time with Mir Nihal during the day in Part III after he has had a stroke?

4. From what bird does Kambal Shah suggest an "oil" be made to help Mir Nihal (157)?

5. How long after his stroke is it before Mir Nihal can speak clearly again?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Mehro's groom.

6. What makes it clear that there is some tension between Asghar's and Bilqeece's families?

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 7, when Bilqeece finally musters the courage to ask Asghar what is wrong, what does he tell her, and how does she react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that affirms, refutes, or qualifies the following statement: "Despite the strong religious faith of the characters in Twilight in Delhi, the novel makes clear that most of their prayers go unanswered." Use textual evidence to support your assertions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you analyze the significance of Asghar's and Mirza's responses to the children tormenting the mentally ill woman in Chapter 4 of Part I; what does this incident show about both of their characters, and how is it linked to later developments in their characterization? Support your claims with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

The expression "Who can meddle in the affairs of God" is used several times in the text. Find these occurrences and consider their contexts. Then, write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the use of this expression as a motif in Twilight in Delhi. Be sure to defend your ideas with evidence from the text.

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