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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About whom would the narrator be writing if his novel were realistically about Pakistan?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His sister.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His mother.

2. What do Omar's mothers insist that he must never feel?
(a) Pride.
(b) Shame.
(c) Anger.
(d) Curiousity.

3. How is Omar initially received by the student body of the school he attends?
(a) With friendship.
(b) With taunts.
(c) With praise.
(d) With indifference.

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

5. What is the name of Bilquis' first daughter?
(a) Zinobia Duniyazad.
(b) Sufiya Zinobia.
(c) Runi Humayun Hyder.
(d) Duniyazad Begum.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long is Omar imprisoned in the house of the Shakil sisters?

2. Who accompanies Omar's rescuer from the religious zealots?

3. Why is Farah expelled from school?

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

5. What oddity does Eduardo Rodrigues carry with him when he first enters the town of Q?

(see the answer key)

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