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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. Where does Omar believe Hell is located?
(a) Overhead.
(b) All around us.
(c) Beneath the earth.
(d) In the East.

2. What is the name of the Harappa family estate where Rani Harappa lives?
(a) Avicennuh.
(b) Mohenjo.
(c) Nishapur.
(d) Kichari.

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

4. Why does Omar strictly limit his sleep at night?
(a) He has unusual theories about rest and health.
(b) He is attempting to live nocturnally.
(c) He is afraid his mothers will sell him.
(d) He has regular nightmares.

5. Who is the betrothed of Rani Hamayun?
(a) Omar Khayyam Shakil.
(b) Raza Hyder.
(c) Mohammad Iballa.
(d) Iskander Harappa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iskander Harappa build at Aansu?

2. Who has a powerful effect on Omar when seen through his telescope?

3. What is the name of Rani Humayun's daughter?

4. What is the name of Bilquis' first daughter?

5. What does Chand Mohammad sell to Omar?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Bilquis' father's business ruined?

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

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

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

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

7. What sort of gossip floats around Farah Zoroaster and Eduardo Rodrigues?

8. How does Raza Hyder describe his courtship of Bilquis?

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

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

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