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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age does Omar win a scholarship to the best medical school in Karachi?
(a) 18.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 20.

2. What significant action does Omar do to Farah before leaving her father's customs post?
(a) Paint her hands.
(b) Beat her.
(c) Insult her.
(d) Hypnotize her.

3. Why is Farah expelled from school?
(a) She violently attacks another girl.
(b) She becomes pregnant.
(c) She is suspected of having relations with Eduardo.
(d) Omar frames her as having cheated on a test.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose execution does the narrator mention while visiting his poet friend who lives in Karachi?

2. What is the most prominent decoration in Eduardo Rodrigues' room?

3. How many women sleep in the room with Bariamma?

4. How many male servants remain in the Shakil sisters' house?

5. At what age does Arjumand Harappa learn self-defense?

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