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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part I, Chapters 6-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mehro Zamani?
(a) Asghar's love interest.
(b) The Nihals' servant.
(c) A dancing girl.
(d) The Nihals' daughter.

2. What is the main subject of Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) The relationship between Asghar and Bilqeece.
(b) The typical daily routines of the Nihal household.
(c) The symbolic importance of Mir Nihal's pigeons.
(d) The decline of the city of Delhi.

3. What do the adults tell the children causes dust storms?
(a) The heat is trying to chase the rain away.
(b) One of the children has told an elder a lie.
(c) The jinns are getting ready to celebrate a wedding.
(d) The ifrit are rising up from their underground caves.

4. What happy news do the Nihals receive in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) Mir Nihal's lace business has turned a record profit.
(b) Begum Waheed is coming to visit them.
(c) A wealthy man has proposed to their youngest daughter.
(d) Their son has finally chosen someone to marry.

5. To what animal does the narrator compare the city of Delhi in the story's opening pages?
(a) An overburdened donkey.
(b) A beaten dog.
(c) A starving tiger.
(d) An elderly bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the cause of Asghar, Begam Waheed, and Begam Nihal being sent away to live somewhere else when Asghar was a child?

2. What is ironic about Asghar's characterization of their days in Bhopal as "happy" (35)?

3. On page 53, what does Mushtari Bai compare herself to?

4. Where does Mir Nihal go on most evenings after dinner in Part I?

5. What caused the abolition of Persian, Sanskrit, and Arabic from Indian schools?

(see the answer key)

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