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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What point does the narrator make in Part II, Chapter 7 about the living descendants of Bahadur Shah?
(a) They are the rightful rulers of India.
(b) They have fallen far down in the social order.
(c) There are very few left alive.
(d) They are considered enemies by the British occupiers.

2. What does Mushtari Bai mean when she compares Asghar to "the moon of Eed" (53)?
(a) She feels betrayed by the way Asghar has treated her.
(b) She suspects that Asghar has fallen in love with someone else.
(c) She knows that Asghar does not really love her.
(d) She gets frustrated waiting to see Asghar.

3. What does Mir Nihal tell his wife will happen if Asghar insists on marrying Bilqeece?
(a) He will kill Asghar.
(b) He will cut off financial support to Begam Nihal.
(c) He will disown Asghar.
(d) He will divorce Begam Nihal.

4. What is the Eed (Eid) referred to in Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) A celebration held at the end of Ramadan.
(b) A feast held during the time of the Hajj pilgrimage.
(c) The Islamic New Year celebration.
(d) A celebration held to commemorate the birth of Mohammad.

5. Who is Mehro Zamani?
(a) The Nihals' servant.
(b) A dancing girl.
(c) The Nihals' daughter.
(d) Asghar's love interest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Mir Nihal to be so depressed that he does not fly his pigeons one afternoon in Chapter 2?

2. When Mir Nihal arrives home at the beginning of the story, what does his wife tell him about their son?

3. On Saturday morning, what is Mir Nihal's reaction to seeing the cat that attacked his pigeons?

4. Why does Mir Nihal go to the Chowk on Friday evening?

5. What does Begam Nihal ask her grandson Majeed to do in order to make the dust storm stop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Asghar dream about in Chapter 2?

2. What contrast do Begam Jamal and Begam Nihal make between the processions held by Mughal emperors and their expectations for the procession about to be held by the English?

3. Why did Ahmed Ali write Twilight in Delhi in English?

4. What does Begam Nihal tease her husband about when she calls him in to talk with him about Asghar and Bilqeece?

5. What is Begam Jamal's motive for promoting the marriage of Asghar and Bilqeece?

6. How does the cat end up getting into Mir Nihal's pigeon loft?

7. What did the ironsmith teach Mir Nihal to find, and how did he teach him to find it?

8. What does Khwaja Ashraf Ali notice about Mir Nihal on Thursday, and why does he react the way he reacts when he learns the cause, on Friday?

9. What do Khwaja Ashraf Ali, Mir Nihal, and Hakim Bashir argue about, and what story does Khwaja Ashraf Ali tell to end the argument?

10. When Begam Nihal and Begam Waheed argue about Asghar's marriage in Chapter 7, what does each woman argue would be best for Asghar?

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