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

2. Which of the following does Omar request as a present on his 12th birthday?
(a) To be given free reign of the house.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) A new library.
(d) To be let out of the house.

3. Of what is Bilquis habitually afraid?
(a) The Loo.
(b) The Lee.
(c) The Vinyl Theater.
(d) Excelsior.

4. What is the name of Bilquis' second daughter?
(a) Naveed.
(b) Sufiya.
(c) Atiyah.
(d) Arjumand.

5. What word best describes the personality of Bilquis' father?
(a) Idealistic.
(b) Dreamy.
(c) Cynical.
(d) Cruel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the narrator's poet friend in Karachi by the time Rushdie returns to London?

2. Where does the war between the Pakistanis and Indians resume during the hot season?

3. What significant action does Omar do to Farah before leaving her father's customs post?

4. Upon what do Bilquis' hands rest when she sleeps alone?

5. Who accompanies Omar's rescuer from the religious zealots?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what two cultural parts is the town of Q's dumbbell shape composed?

2. What vice does Omar discern in Farah immediately before hypnotizing her, and how?

3. Why does the narrator appropriate the story of his friend, the poet?

4. Briefly, what is the generally accepted reason that the husbands in the Hyder family "secretly" visit their wives in common in the night?

5. What theory does the author propose regarding the mysterious pregnancy of the sisters?

6. Of what sort of development is Omar Khayyam Shakil deprived in his formative years?

7. What characterizes Bilquis' reaction to the Loo?

8. What characterizes Farah Zoroaster's life in Q after returning from her forced marriage to Eduardo Rodrigues?

9. What is guaranteed to the Shakil sisters by the installation of their dumb-waiter?

10. What happens to the real names of the three sisters, and by what names are they instead called?

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