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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Habibuddin come home to the Nihal house in Part IV, Chapter 7?
(a) He wants to get the place into better shape for his parents.
(b) He wants to see his sons.
(c) He is sick.
(d) He knows that his father is ill.

2. What does Asghar buy Bilqeece to wear at Mehro's wedding?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) A head covering.
(c) Shoes.
(d) A silk suit.

3. What reason does Asghar give his mother for wanting to remarry?
(a) He is lonely.
(b) He is in love with Zohra.
(c) It is embarrassing for him to be unmarried.
(d) Jahan Ara needs a mother.

4. What "old saying" does Bagam Nihal offer Asghar when they discuss his marriage (187)?
(a) "A man remains young at sixty, and a woman grows old at twenty."
(b) “We can’t change the direction of the wind, but we can adjust the sails.”
(c) “They who dream for too long will become like their shadow.”
(d) “Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water.”

5. Who decides to propose to Surayya, the woman that Bagam Nahil originally wanted Asghar to marry?
(a) Nazrul Hasan.
(b) Saeed Hasan.
(c) Bari.
(d) Bundoo.

6. After Bilqeece asks Asghar to forgive her, what is the last thing she asks of him?
(a) To marry again someday.
(b) To remember her goodness, not her faults.
(c) To take care of Jehan Ara.
(d) To visit her grave each day.

7. From what bird does Kambal Shah suggest an "oil" be made to help Mir Nihal (157)?
(a) Pelican.
(b) Cuckoo.
(c) Peacock.
(d) Falcoln.

8. What is Habibuddin referring to when, on his deathbed, he says "It's beautiful, divine" (197)?
(a) The afterlife.
(b) A rose.
(c) A child.
(d) God's love.

9. What government action is the subject of the popular slogan that Asghar sees written in several places?
(a) The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
(b) The declaration of martial law in the Punjab.
(c) The Government of India Act.
(d) The Rowlatt Acts.

10. Which person from Asghar's own family agrees that he selfish and not treating Bilqeece properly in Part III?
(a) Mir Nihal.
(b) Begam Waheed.
(c) Begam Jamal.
(d) Begam Nihal.

11. What does Bilqeece have a nightmare about in Part III?
(a) Asghar divorcing her.
(b) Seeing the face of death.
(c) Jehan Ara having a cruel stepmother.
(d) Falling into a deep pit.

12. In Part IV, Chapter 4, why does Mir Nihal no longer get visits from Kambal Shah?
(a) Kambal Shah has disappeared.
(b) Kambal Shah is too elderly to leave home.
(c) Kambal Shah is in a British prison.
(d) Kambal Shah has died of the flu.

13. Why do the children Asghar runs into make fun of him?
(a) He trips because he is lost in thought.
(b) He is wearing English clothing.
(c) He is carrying too many things and keeps dropping them.
(d) He is smiling and singing to himself.

14. What does Bilqeece make Begam Shahbaz promise her in Part III, Chapter 10?
(a) To demand payment from Asghar's family if she should die.
(b) To take care of Jehan Ara after her death.
(c) To make sure that Asghar does not remarry after her death.
(d) To stop buying charms to try to prevent her death.

15. Which member of the Nihal household is mentioned as having died at the beginning of Part IV, Chapter 1?
(a) Habibuddin's son.
(b) Shams's wife.
(c) Begam Jamal.
(d) Shams.

Short Answer Questions

1. After several months following his stroke, what is Mir Nihal able to do by himself?

2. In the story that Saeed Hasan tells about the barber and the king, what does the king steal and return?

3. What is Bilqeece's little sister's name?

4. How does Asghar get to Bilqeece's home on the day of his wedding?

5. What is Mirza the milk-seller's attitude toward the English?

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