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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the sisters purchase from the handyman Mistri Yakoob Balloch?
(a) Three years of service.
(b) A yacht.
(c) A chest of tools.
(d) A dumbwaiter.

2. About what do Old Man Shakil's daughters regularly fantasize?
(a) China.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Male genitalia.
(d) Marriage.

3. What is Omar called by the two religious zealots?
(a) The Salt of the Earth.
(b) The Angels' Blessed.
(c) The Fruit of Evil.
(d) The Devil's seed.

4. What do Omar's mothers insist that he must never feel?
(a) Anger.
(b) Pride.
(c) Shame.
(d) Curiousity.

5. How many male servants remain in the Shakil sisters' house?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Thirteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Omar request as a present on his 12th birthday?

2. What do Omar's mothers do during the years in which they nurse him?

3. What significant event happens to the girls at their coming-out party?

4. By how many breasts is Omar nourished?

5. How is Omar initially received by the student body of the school he attends?

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