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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. For how long does Omar sleep at night?
(a) 50 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 40 minutes.
(d) 1 hour and 30 minutes.

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

3. What is the name of Rani Humayun's daughter?
(a) Arjumand.
(b) Peccavi.
(c) Bilquis.
(d) Duniyazad.

4. What sort of story does the narrator claim to be writing, instead of a realistic novel?
(a) A parable.
(b) A gothic novel.
(c) An ancient legend.
(d) A modern fairytale.

5. What happens to Eduardo after Farah is expelled from school?
(a) He is fired from his teaching position.
(b) He is savagely beaten by the natives.
(c) He is murdered by Omar.
(d) He is thrown down a well by Farah's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following languages does Omar not master on his own?

2. Which of the following does Old Man Shakil hate?

3. What does Omar become after starting to attend the school?

4. How old is Rani Humayun's betrothed at the time of their marriage?

5. What country is mentioned as invading Afghanistan at the beginning of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the end of Bilquis' father's business.

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

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

4. What characterizes Omar Khayyam Shakil's early educational experiences?

5. What are the important nuances of the word "sharam" that are not carried over into the English "shame"?

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

7. How does Bilquis come to be accepted as a member of the Hyder family?

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

9. Why is Raza Hyder's military victory so greatly lauded throughout Pakistan?

10. In what idea do Raza and Bilquis put an undue amount of faith, and why is this a troublesome belief?

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