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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies Omar's rescuer from the religious zealots?
(a) Farah Zoroaster.
(b) Eduardo Rodrigues.
(c) Maulana Dawood.
(d) Yakoob Balloch.

2. For how many days, roughly, does Raza Hyder go without sleep in order to watch over the refugees?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

3. Which of the following is one of Farah Zoroaster's nicknames?
(a) Demolition.
(b) Godsend.
(c) The Ice Cube.
(d) Disaster.

4. What happens to the narrator's poet friend in Karachi by the time Rushdie returns to London?
(a) He becomes famous for a poem he wrote.
(b) He is married.
(c) He is imprisoned.
(d) He is killed.

5. At what age does Hashmat Bibi die?
(a) 134.
(b) 110.
(c) 120.
(d) 97.

6. The men who visit the women at night in Bariamma's room are sarcastically called what?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Bandits.
(c) Princes.
(d) Angels.

7. What is intended by Bilal to be draped over Omar's neck after his 12th birthday?
(a) A lock of his mothers' hair.
(b) A necklace of pearls.
(c) An ox's yoke.
(d) A necklace of shoes.

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

9. What is the name of the school which Omar attends?
(a) The School of Khayyam.
(b) The Academy Zoroaster.
(c) The Bali School.
(d) The Cantoment School.

10. At what age does Omar win a scholarship to the best medical school in Karachi?
(a) 18.
(b) 19.
(c) 20.
(d) 17.

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

12. For how long has Old Man Shakil been a widow?
(a) 29 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 23 years.
(d) 18 years.

13. What country is mentioned as invading Afghanistan at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Israel.
(c) Russia.
(d) China.

14. What is the name of Iskander's cousin who loots the Harappa family estate?
(a) Big Mir.
(b) Maulana.
(c) Kandara.
(d) Little Mir.

15. Besides Omar, who is Eduardo Rodrigues' best student in the town of Q?
(a) Farah Zoroaster.
(b) Hermann Gadegger.
(c) Chand Mohammad.
(d) Babar Khayyam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Chief Minister in the region of Q when Raza Hyder first arrives?

2. Why does Omar strictly limit his sleep at night?

3. Who is Raza Hyder's chief adviser when he becomes administrator of the region?

4. What is Iskander and Rani Harappa's first daughter's nickname?

5. What is the name of Bilquis' second daughter?

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