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

2. How long after Bilqeece's death is it when Asghar realizes that he is in love with Zohra?
(a) A year and a half.
(b) 11 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) Just over a year.

3. Where does Part III, Chapter 6 say that "strange people" begun appearing from, changing the language and culture of Delhi (144)?
(a) Africa.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) The Punjab.
(d) Europe.

4. Besides the Koran, what sits between Asghar and Bilqeece during the ceremony of seeing the bride's face?
(a) A plate of sweets and nuts.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A cooking pot.
(d) A purse of coins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part III, Chapter 1, what are the women busy working on?

2. About how many people attend the actual wedding ceremony between Asghar and Bilqeece?

3. Who decides to propose to Surayya, the woman that Bagam Nahil originally wanted Asghar to marry?

4. Why does Habibuddin come home to the Nihal house in Part IV, Chapter 7?

5. When Asghar is speaking with Begam Nihal about Zohra in Part IV, what does he notice about his parents' home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What song does Asghar hear at the graveyard, and how does he react?

2. What makes it clear that there is some tension between Asghar's and Bilqeece's families?

3. How does Zohra end up confessing her feelings to Asghar?

4. What happens to Habibuddin in Chapter 9?

5. How does Bilqeece's upbringing make it difficult for her to return Asghar's passion?

6. Describe Mehro's life and marriage during this time period.

7. What does the narrator say families have to understand about raising daughters?

8. In Chapter 7, what has changed in Asghar's relationship with his wife?

9. When Habibuddin hears what has happened to Mirza's son, why does his reaction please Mir Nihal?

10. What complaints does the narrator make against the grave diggers, cloth merchants, and body washers?

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