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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. Who has a powerful effect on Omar when seen through his telescope?
(a) Farah Zoroaster.
(b) Yakoob Balloch.
(c) Maulana Dawood.
(d) Eduardo Rodrigues.

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

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name the Shakil sisters give to their house?

2. Which of the following does Old Man Shakil hate?

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

4. What country is mentioned as invading Afghanistan at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

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