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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What significant event happens to the girls at their coming-out party?
(a) One of them is killed.
(b) They find their father's journal.
(c) One of them becomes pregnant.
(d) They are kidnapped.

2. What do Omar's mothers do during the years in which they nurse him?
(a) Become mute.
(b) Quibble over everything.
(c) Physically fight constantly.
(d) Synchronize every action.

3. What happens to the narrator's poet friend in Karachi by the time Rushdie returns to London?
(a) He is imprisoned.
(b) He is married.
(c) He becomes famous for a poem he wrote.
(d) He is killed.

4. What happens to Mistri Yakoob Balloch after his deal is made with the sisters?
(a) He kidnaps two of the sisters.
(b) He impregnates one of the sisters.
(c) He dies suspiciously.
(d) He is arrested and taken to prison.

5. What is the name of the school which Omar attends?
(a) The Bali School.
(b) The Cantoment School.
(c) The Academy Zoroaster.
(d) The School of Khayyam.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long has Old Man Shakil been a widow?

2. What happens to Eduardo after Farah is expelled from school?

3. What significant action does Omar do to Farah before leaving her father's customs post?

4. What is the name of the girl whom Omar accompanies in a jeep?

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

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