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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 does Omar's 12th birthday request do to his mothers?
(a) Stop fighting.
(b) Speak for the first time in years.
(c) Individuate them.
(d) Bring them to agreement.

2. What is the first sight of Omar Khayyam Shakil?
(a) His mother.
(b) The Impossible Mountains.
(c) Hashmat Babi.
(d) His father.

3. What is Omar called by the two religious zealots?
(a) The Angels' Blessed.
(b) The Fruit of Evil.
(c) The Salt of the Earth.
(d) The Devil's seed.

4. Which of the following does Old Man Shakil hate?
(a) The foreign blacksmith.
(b) The native bazaar.
(c) His eldest son.
(d) The trade route.

5. What is the most prominent decoration in Eduardo Rodrigues' room?
(a) A calendar.
(b) A crucifix.
(c) A plain cross.
(d) A picture of his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what imminent threat is Bilquis' warned by the sound like the beating wings of an angel?

2. Where does Omar believe Hell is located?

3. Which of the following languages does Omar not master on his own?

4. Besides Omar, who is Eduardo Rodrigues' best student in the town of Q?

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

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