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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. For how long does Omar sleep at night?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 50 minutes.
(c) 1 hour and 30 minutes.
(d) 40 minutes.

4. How many visits has the narrator made to his sister over 22 years?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

5. What nickname is given to Raza Hyder after his sole military victory?
(a) Raza Daza.
(b) The Black Razor.
(c) Old Razor Guts.
(d) Blackeyes.

6. 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.

7. Where does the war between the Pakistanis and Indians resume during the hot season?
(a) In the south.
(b) The Kashmiri frontier.
(c) Near Q.
(d) Karachi.

8. What is Iskander and Rani Harappa's first daughter's nickname?
(a) Iron Leftie.
(b) Old Ironface.
(c) Hotpants.
(d) Virgin Ironpants.

9. Why is Farah expelled from school?
(a) She violently attacks another girl.
(b) She is suspected of having relations with Eduardo.
(c) Omar frames her as having cheated on a test.
(d) She becomes pregnant.

10. What is the name of the Harappa family estate where Rani Harappa lives?
(a) Nishapur.
(b) Avicennuh.
(c) Mohenjo.
(d) Kichari.

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

12. Of what imminent threat is Bilquis' warned by the sound like the beating wings of an angel?
(a) The explosion of her father's theater.
(b) The coming of the Loo.
(c) The death of her mother.
(d) The destruction of the Vinyl Theater.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many days, roughly, does Raza Hyder go without sleep in order to watch over the refugees?

2. At what age does Hashmat Bibi die?

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

4. In what garment does Raza Hyder first wrap Bilquis?

5. Who is the betrothed of Rani Hamayun?

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