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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. What does Begam Nihal say is causing the illness in the Nihal household?
(a) Heatstroke.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Dengue.

2. In what year do Part II, Chapters 1-4 take place?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1927.

3. In the story about Mir Jamal's pigeons, what does Mir Jamal refuse to do?
(a) Fly his pigeons with amateurs and hobbyists.
(b) Keep the pigeons that his flock captured.
(c) Take part in any matches held at the Durbar.
(d) Train his pigeons to fly from a carriage roof.

4. What advice does Bari give Asghar about his love life?
(a) Loving is not as satisfying as is being loved.
(b) He should marry Mushtari Bai.
(c) He should buy charms to help him persuade his father.
(d) He should contact his sister in Bhopal for her help.

5. When Mir Nihal arrives home at the beginning of the story, what does his wife tell him about their son?
(a) He was seen in the company of a dancing girl.
(b) He is spending time with a family she dislikes.
(c) He should get a job soon.
(d) He should get married soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about the year that Begam Nihal compares the summer's heat to?

2. What event are workers being forced to work in the extreme heat in preparation for?

3. What is the main subject of Part I, Chapter 5?

4. What does Mushtari Bai mean when she compares Asghar to "the moon of Eed" (53)?

5. In Part I, Chapter 3, what does the narrator point out there are "ever so many" of, "young ones and old ones" (14)?

(see the answer key)

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