1. Bundoo's mother tells Asghar that she feels it hardly necessary to observe "purdah" with him. In this context, what does "purdah" refer to?
(a) The rules separating one caste from another.
(b) The customary deference of younger people to their elders.
(c) The rules surrounding the seclusion of women from men.
(d) The customs of welcoming and hospitality.

2. During the dust storm, who eavesdrops on Begam Waheed and Begam Nihal's conversation about Asghar?
(a) Mehro.
(b) Anjum Zamani.
(c) Dilchain.
(d) Begam Jamal.

3. When Begam Waheed first arrives and asks her mother why Asghar looks thin and pale, what does her mother tell her is bothering him?
(a) His father's criticism.
(b) The heat.
(c) His love life.
(d) Missing his sister.

4. On page 53, what does Mushtari Bai compare herself to?
(a) An "evil-smelling flower."
(b) A "new flower in bloom."
(c) A "candle which tempts the moths."
(d) An "oasis in the desert."

5. What does Asghar's strategy seem to be in bringing up the death of Begam Waheed's husband?
(a) He wants to make her feel emotionally vulnerable so that she gratefully recalls how much she has always relied on him.
(b) He wants to remind her of how important her marriage was to her and compare this with his own feelings about marriage.
(c) He wants to trigger her yearning to be with her family so that she will be feeling especially loving toward him.
(d) He wants to flatter his sister for her courage and then elicit her pity because people do not respect him as they respect her.