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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of guests compose the majority of the girls' coming-out party?
(a) Adolescents.
(b) Females.
(c) Wealthy locals.
(d) Foreigners.

2. Where does Omar believe Hell is located?
(a) Beneath the earth.
(b) All around us.
(c) In the East.
(d) Overhead.

3. After whom does the narrator name the hero of his story?
(a) The First Sultan of Arabia.
(b) The Great Poet of Persia.
(c) The Famous Doctor of Egypt.
(d) The Great Poet of India.

4. Why does Omar strictly limit his sleep at night?
(a) He has regular nightmares.
(b) He is attempting to live nocturnally.
(c) He has unusual theories about rest and health.
(d) He is afraid his mothers will sell him.

5. Whose execution does the narrator mention while visiting his poet friend who lives in Karachi?
(a) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
(b) Omar Khayyam.
(c) Jeremiah Burden.
(d) Frederick Hapsburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many daughters does Old Man Shakil have?

2. How do the sisters continue to pay for the house's regular needs?

3. What do Omar's mothers insist that he must never feel?

4. What is Omar called by the two religious zealots?

5. How many of the sisters feign pregnancy after their coming-out party?

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