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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nickname given to Babar by the guerrillas?
(a) Chang.
(b) Baby.
(c) Champ.
(d) Emperor.

2. What is the first sight of Omar Khayyam Shakil?
(a) Hashmat Babi.
(b) The Impossible Mountains.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

3. What happens to the narrator's poet friend in Karachi by the time Rushdie returns to London?
(a) He is imprisoned.
(b) He becomes famous for a poem he wrote.
(c) He is killed.
(d) He is married.

4. How many women sleep in the room with Bariamma?
(a) 20.
(b) 36.
(c) 40.
(d) 39.

5. Whose assassination is made known at Rani Humayun's marriage?
(a) Raza Hyder's.
(b) The Imam Imballa.
(c) The Prime Minister's.
(d) The President's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Omar Khayyam take to eating while sitting alone in the attic of Raza Hyder's house?

2. What about Omar makes Farah incapable of returning his love?

3. With what old habit does Bilquis wake Omar up while at Nishapur?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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