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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the adults tell the children causes dust storms?
2. During the conversation about their childhood, what does Asghar imply about his father?
3. What is the "prescription written on the southern gate of the Jama Masjid" a recipe for (88)?
4. Which Nihal family member is said to be everyone's favorite?
5. What is the main subject of Part I, Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Begam Jamal's motive for promoting the marriage of Asghar and Bilqeece?
2. When Begam Nihal and Begam Waheed argue about Asghar's marriage in Chapter 7, what does each woman argue would be best for Asghar?
3. What is the Ghadar of 1857?
4. At the end of Chapter 6, what ironic contrast does the narrator describe between what is happening in the Nihal house and the music they can hear coming from outside the house?
5. What do Khwaja Ashraf Ali, Mir Nihal, and Hakim Bashir argue about, and what story does Khwaja Ashraf Ali tell to end the argument?
6. Explain the trick Mir Nihal plays on his neighbor with his pigeons.
7. 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?
8. What does the reader learn in Chapter 3 about Mir Nihal's real reason for working at the lace shop, and how does this shed light on his feelings about his family?
9. What suggestion does Begam Jamal make to Begam Nihal about Asghar?
10. What criticisms does Mir Nihal make about his son Asghar in Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the characters of Mir Nihal and his son Asghar. Offer textual details to support your assertions about these two men.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that analyzes the use of the pathetic fallacy in Twilight in Delhi. Support your claims with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you analyze Mir Nihal's experiences in the first four chapters of Part II. Discuss the various ways in which his divided attention impacts both himself and others, and then offer an explanation of what his divided attention and its consequences signify in the novel as a whole. Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
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