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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. How many of the sisters feign pregnancy after their coming-out party?
(a) One.
(b) Zero.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

2. What word best describes Omar's feeling towards life?
(a) Polarized.
(b) Twisted.
(c) Inverted.
(d) Abnormal.

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

4. What nickname is given to Raza Hyder after his sole military victory?
(a) Old Razor Guts.
(b) Blackeyes.
(c) Raza Daza.
(d) The Black Razor.

5. What is the name of Bilquis' first daughter?
(a) Sufiya Zinobia.
(b) Runi Humayun Hyder.
(c) Zinobia Duniyazad.
(d) Duniyazad Begum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is Sufiya Zinobia's relation to Omar?

2. Which of the following is one of Farah Zoroaster's nicknames?

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

4. How many daughters does Old Man Shakil have?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Omar Khayyam describe himself to Iskander Harappa, as described at the end of Chapter 1?

3. Why are the children of the British colonials sent back to England after the age of eight to continue their educations?

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

5. According to the opinion of the narrator, why does Eduardo deem that Omar must study to be a doctor?

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

7. How is Omar initially greeted upon his exiting Nishapur?

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

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

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

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