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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. Of whom does Omar dream the night that Sufiya Zinobia is taken to the hospital?
(a) Farah Zoroaster.
(b) His mothers.
(c) Maulana Dawood.
(d) Eduardo Rodrigues.

2. What is the name of the 16-year-old Londoner of whom the narrator initially conceives?
(a) Anna Karenina.
(b) Anahita Muhammad.
(c) Ophelia Grey.
(d) Marie Duhatta.

3. What is Omar's medical specialty?
(a) Circulatory systems.
(b) Immunology.
(c) General medicine.
(d) Respiration.

4. At what event does Naveed Hyder first see Captain Talvar Ulhaq?
(a) A social get-together.
(b) A polo match.
(c) A cricket match.
(d) A wedding.

5. What alone unites Rani and Arjumand during their shared house arrest?
(a) Always crying.
(b) Missing Iskander.
(c) Never crying.
(d) Hating Raza Hyder.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many erratum slips does Bilquis write announcing the change of groom for Naveed's wedding?

2. Which ignominious title does Haroun Harappa receive from the Hyder women preparing Naveed for her wedding?

3. For how long does Iskander Harappa, in his initial place of post-coup confinement, verbally assault Raza Hyder?

4. What is the title of the play that the narrator and three friends from Pakistan see in London?

5. For what Western publication does Haroun Harappa write an article detailing his father's illicit behavior in Pakistan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two phrases constitute the motto of Raza's regime?

2. What is the consequence of Maulana Dawood's quest against the selling and eating of shellfish in Karachi?

3. Why does the Pakistani man in London, referred to by the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 7, murder his own daughter?

4. What becomes of Bilquis in her latter years?

5. How do Omar and Raza escape the residence of the C-in-C and the house arrest?

6. What ethereal conflict besets the mind of Raza Hyder during his presidency?

7. What change takes place in Iskander Harappa at the age of 40, and why?

8. Why, in the opinion of Omar Khayyam Shakil, does Sufiya Zinobia become intensely ill?

9. For what reasons does Arjumand Harappa develop an affection for Haroun Harappa?

10. How does Iskander Harappa rise to power?

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