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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Ahmad Wazir?
(a) A local beggar.
(b) The family barber.
(c) A cleric from the family's mosque.
(d) Bilqeece's uncle.
2. What does Bilqeece make Begam Shahbaz promise her in Part III, Chapter 10?
(a) To stop buying charms to try to prevent her death.
(b) To make sure that Asghar does not remarry after her death.
(c) To take care of Jehan Ara after her death.
(d) To demand payment from Asghar's family if she should die.
3. Where does Part III, Chapter 6 say that "strange people" begun appearing from, changing the language and culture of Delhi (144)?
(a) Europe.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Africa.
(d) The Punjab.
4. What happens shortly after Bilqeece gives birth to her daughter?
(a) Begam Waheed comes to live with Bilqeece and Ashgar.
(b) Bundoo offers Asghar a business opportunity.
(c) Mirza Shahbaz Beg dies.
(d) Ghafoor marries a fourteen-year-old girl.
5. What does Mir Nihal do when Asghar comes to his house wearing English clothes in Part IV?
(a) He pretends to be asleep.
(b) He does nothing.
(c) He pretends not to know Asghar.
(d) He throws Asghar out.
6. Why does Habibuddin come home to the Nihal house in Part IV, Chapter 7?
(a) He is sick.
(b) He wants to see his sons.
(c) He wants to get the place into better shape for his parents.
(d) He knows that his father is ill.
7. When Asghar is speaking with Begam Nihal about Zohra in Part IV, what does he notice about his parents' home?
(a) They still have no English furnishings.
(b) It has changed little from his childhood.
(c) It is dirty and neglected.
(d) It is smaller than he remembers.
8. What is Asghar's response to the political situation in India?
(a) Fear.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Amusement.
(d) Anger.
9. How does Asghar get to Bilqeece's home on the day of his wedding?
(a) On the shoulders of his male relatives.
(b) In a carriage.
(c) In a palanquin.
(d) On horseback.
10. In the story that Saeed Hasan tells in Part III about the farmer and his daughter, what does the daughter discover?
(a) Rubies.
(b) Emeralds.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.
11. At the beginning of Part III, Chapter 1, what are the women busy working on?
(a) Sewing clothing for Bilqeece.
(b) Cooking for the guests.
(c) Buying new jewelry to wear to the wedding.
(d) Cleaning the house before the guests arrive.
12. What reason does Asghar give his mother for wanting to remarry?
(a) He is lonely.
(b) It is embarrassing for him to be unmarried.
(c) Jahan Ara needs a mother.
(d) He is in love with Zohra.
13. Which of the women performs a dance while dressed like a man, to amuse the other women in Part III?
(a) Begam Jamal.
(b) Dilchain.
(c) Begam Waheed.
(d) Mehro.
14. What is thrown into the crowd of guests as soon as the wedding prayers have finished in Part III?
(a) Rice.
(b) Dates.
(c) Coins.
(d) Candy.
15. What does Mir Nihal think about the new music that he hears in the streets outside his house in Part IV?
(a) The melodies are clearly influenced by the West.
(b) The words are vulgar and sentimental.
(c) It does not offer God the appropriate gratitude.
(d) It is inappropriate for women to be singing in the streets.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Saeed Hasan disappointed in when he comes to visit Asghar's home in Part III?
2. What is the implied criticism in Mir Nihal's thoughts about how "The young only agitated" (175)?
3. What is put into Bilqeece's palm for Asghar to try to eat during the wedding ceremony?
4. After several months following his stroke, what is Mir Nihal able to do by himself?
5. From what bird does Kambal Shah suggest an "oil" be made to help Mir Nihal (157)?
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