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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4 Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what garment does Raza Hyder first wrap Bilquis?
(a) A man's shirt.
(b) His military coat.
(c) A wool coat.
(d) A dupatta.

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

3. What is the name of the political party of which Iskander Harappa becomes the leader after the present government loses popularity?
(a) The Popular Front.
(b) The People's Liberation Front.
(c) The Islamic Socialist Party.
(d) The Nationalist Party.

4. What motto appears on Iskander's campaign posters?
(a) "A New Direction for the New Century."
(b) "The New Man for the Next Century."
(c) "A New Man for a New Century."
(d) "The New Century Needs New Leaders."

5. What is the name of Bilquis' father's theater?
(a) The Vinyl Theater.
(b) The Excelsior Theater.
(c) The Loo.
(d) The Empire Theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. About whom would the narrator be writing if his novel were realistically about Pakistan?

2. What does the narrator say is Sufiya Zinobia's relation to Omar?

3. How does the young man who helped inspire the character of Sufiya Zinobia expire?

4. Whose execution does the narrator mention while visiting his poet friend who lives in Karachi?

5. Raza Hyder is named, by the President, the National Minister of what?

(see the answer key)

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