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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Part II, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part I, Chapter 3, what does the narrator point out there are "ever so many" of, "young ones and old ones" (14)?
(a) Imams.
(b) Beggars.
(c) Muezzins.
(d) Vendors.

2. Besides being "piercing," what other quality does the narrator say Mushtari Bai's eyes have (52)?
(a) They are "shaded with uncertainty."
(b) They are "luminous."
(c) They are "poisonous."
(d) They are "full of night."

3. After Begam Waheed gives Asghar the good news about his mother deciding he can marry Bilqeece, what advice does she give Asghar?
(a) He should go and make peace with his father.
(b) He should make sure that Bilqeece really wants to marry him.
(c) He should come back to Bhopal with her.
(d) He should go speak to Begam Shahbaz himself.

4. What caused the abolition of Persian, Sanskrit, and Arabic from Indian schools?
(a) The defeat of an attempted Afghan invasion of India.
(b) The British attempt to anglicize Indians.
(c) The elevation of Warren Hastings to Governor.
(d) The intervention of the Catholic Church.

5. What is ironic about Asghar's characterization of their days in Bhopal as "happy" (35)?
(a) The reader is aware that Asghar is not really capable of happiness.
(b) He has repeatedly told Bundoo how unhappy he was in Bhopal.
(c) Begam Waheed argued against him being sent to live with her.
(d) The two stories he recalls from that time are not really happy ones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the organizing strategy of the introduction's opening?

2. When Begam Nihal is asked to tell the story of the Mutiny, the word "Farangis" is used (6). What does this word mean?

3. In what year do Part II, Chapters 1-4 take place?

4. In the story about Mir Jamal's pigeons, what does Mir Jamal refuse to do?

5. What is the main idea of the epigraph on the book's title page?

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