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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. Besides the Koran, what sits between Asghar and Bilqeece during the ceremony of seeing the bride's face?

2. As a result of Mir Nihal's accusations about trying to interfere in Asghar's happiness, who ends up moving out of the Nihal house?

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

4. How old was Begam Nihal when she married Mir Nihal?

5. After the ceremony of seeing the bride's face, what does Asghar have to pay the bride's sisters and cousins to get back?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about inequality in Twilight in Delhi. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you analyze the ways in which Asghar fails to show concern for others and make a claim about whether his self-centeredness ends up causing him suffering or protecting him from suffering--or both. Support your assertions with textual evidence.

Essay Topic 3

The life outcomes of the Nihal children--Asghar, Mehro, Begam Waheed, Habibuddin, and Kabiruddin--vary significantly from one another. Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the happiness of the adult lives of these five people, making clear the significance of their relative levels of happiness. Offer textual evidence to support your claims.

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