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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. For how long does Omar sleep at night?
(a) 50 minutes.
(b) 40 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 1 hour and 30 minutes.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What word best describes Omar's feeling towards life?

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

5. About what do Old Man Shakil's daughters regularly fantasize?

(see the answer key)

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