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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 is the immediate result of Mahmoud's announcement that he is showing a double feature to both Hindus and Muslims?
(a) His theater is boycotted by everyone.
(b) His theater is overwhelmed by customers.
(c) His theater is attended by only Muslims.
(d) His theater is attended by only Hindus.

2. About what do Old Man Shakil's daughters regularly fantasize?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Male genitalia.
(c) Freedom.
(d) China.

3. Who accompanies Omar's rescuer from the religious zealots?
(a) Maulana Dawood.
(b) Yakoob Balloch.
(c) Farah Zoroaster.
(d) Eduardo Rodrigues.

4. How do the sisters continue to pay for the house's regular needs?
(a) By selling the household treasures piece-by-piece.
(b) By prostituting themselves.
(c) By using their inheritance.
(d) By selling their children into slavery.

5. How many male servants remain in the Shakil sisters' house?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does Farah Zoroaster invite Omar after Eduardo Rodrigues tells her to be nice to the fat 16-year-old boy?

2. Who returns to Q as Omar is leaving it for Karachi?

3. At what age does Omar win a scholarship to the best medical school in Karachi?

4. How many visits has the narrator made to his sister over 22 years?

5. What happens to the narrator's poet friend in Karachi by the time Rushdie returns to London?

(see the answer key)

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