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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of guests compose the majority of the girls' coming-out party?
(a) Adolescents.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Wealthy locals.
(d) Females.

2. What does the narrator say is Sufiya Zinobia's relation to Omar?
(a) She is his cousin.
(b) She is his long-lost sister.
(c) She is his wife.
(d) She becomes his best friend.

3. Who is Raza Hyder's chief adviser when he becomes administrator of the region?
(a) Omar Khayyam Shakil.
(b) Iskander Harappa.
(c) Maulana Dawood.
(d) Aladdin Gichki.

4. For how long are the gates of the Shakil house sealed?
(a) Fifty years.
(b) Three and a half years.
(c) Forever.
(d) Thirty years.

5. How old is Rani Humayun's betrothed at the time of their marriage?
(a) 25.
(b) 45.
(c) 30.
(d) 18.

6. Whose left eye begins blinking when the news is delivered to Raza that his wife is pregnant again?
(a) Iskander Harappa's.
(b) Sufiya Zinobia.
(c) Raza's.
(d) Bilquis'.

7. Into where are the Muslims herded for their own safety, following the death of Bilquis' father?
(a) Uy-Quira
(b) Al-Hambra.
(c) Duqatta.
(d) Nishapur.

8. What is the name of Bilquis' second daughter?
(a) Naveed.
(b) Atiyah.
(c) Sufiya.
(d) Arjumand.

9. Where are gas fields discovered at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Needle Valley.
(b) North of Kashmir.
(c) Near Karachi.
(d) Q.

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

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

12. What significant action does Omar do to Farah before leaving her father's customs post?
(a) Insult her.
(b) Paint her hands.
(c) Beat her.
(d) Hypnotize her.

13. How many daughters does Old Man Shakil have?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

14. What is Omar called by the two religious zealots?
(a) The Fruit of Evil.
(b) The Salt of the Earth.
(c) The Devil's seed.
(d) The Angels' Blessed.

15. What word best describes the personality of Bilquis' father?
(a) Cynical.
(b) Dreamy.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Idealistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Bilquis habitually afraid?

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

3. Who returns to Q as Omar is leaving it for Karachi?

4. What happens to Eduardo after Farah is expelled from school?

5. What is the first sight of Omar Khayyam Shakil?

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