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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon what do Bilquis' hands rest when she sleeps alone?
(a) Her stomach.
(b) Her breasts.
(c) Her thighs.
(d) Her hips.

2. By how many breasts is Omar nourished?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.

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

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

5. What is the real name of Marshal Aurangzeb's wife?
(a) Sufiya.
(b) Duniyazad.
(c) Pinkie.
(d) Atiyah.

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

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

8. Which of the following languages does Omar not master on his own?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Latin.

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

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

11. With whom does BIlquis go to the movies in Q while Raza is away?
(a) Sindbad Mengal.
(b) Omar Khayyam Shakil.
(c) Rani Harappa.
(d) Duniyazad Begum.

12. What about Omar makes Farah incapable of returning his love?
(a) The rumors about his mothers.
(b) Something indefinable.
(c) His terrible acne.
(d) His weight.

13. For how long is Omar imprisoned in the house of the Shakil sisters?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 15 years.

14. What oddity does Eduardo Rodrigues carry with him when he first enters the town of Q?
(a) A ship in a bottle.
(b) An empty and cracked teapot.
(c) An empty birdcage.
(d) A mechanical oil lamp.

15. What is the name of the servant whom Raza punches in the yard of Iskander's estate?
(a) Gichki.
(b) Hashmat.
(c) Gulliyata.
(d) Gulbaba.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what do Old Man Shakil's daughters regularly fantasize?

2. What is the immediate result of Mahmoud's announcement that he is showing a double feature to both Hindus and Muslims?

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

4. How many women sleep in the room with Bariamma?

5. What is the name of Bilquis' first daughter?

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