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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 profession does Eduardo Rodrigues determine is fitting for Omar?
(a) Professor.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Physician.

2. What is the name the Shakil sisters give to their house?
(a) Tayy.
(b) Bassorah.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Nishapur.

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

4. Which of the following is one of Farah Zoroaster's nicknames?
(a) Disaster.
(b) Godsend.
(c) Demolition.
(d) The Ice Cube.

5. What oddity does Eduardo Rodrigues carry with him when he first enters the town of Q?
(a) A ship in a bottle.
(b) A mechanical oil lamp.
(c) An empty and cracked teapot.
(d) An empty birdcage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Omar request as a present on his 12th birthday?

2. Why is Farah expelled from school?

3. What significant event happens to the girls at their coming-out party?

4. How is Omar initially received by the student body of the school he attends?

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

(see the answer key)

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