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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country is mentioned as invading Afghanistan at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Israel.
(b) China.
(c) Russia.
(d) Pakistan.

2. To where does Farah Zoroaster invite Omar after Eduardo Rodrigues tells her to be nice to the fat 16-year-old boy?
(a) Her uncle's shop in the bazaar.
(b) Her father's customs post.
(c) The Impossible Mountains.
(d) Her mother's house in Q.

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

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

5. For whom does Omar look among the Englishmen?
(a) His father.
(b) Dr. Wilkes.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the sisters purchase from the handyman Mistri Yakoob Balloch?

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

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

4. What does Omar's 12th birthday request do to his mothers?

5. For how long are the gates of the Shakil house sealed?

(see the answer key)

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