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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Mistri Yakoob Balloch after his deal is made with the sisters?
(a) He is arrested and taken to prison.
(b) He impregnates one of the sisters.
(c) He kidnaps two of the sisters.
(d) He dies suspiciously.

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

3. What is the name of Iskander's cousin who loots the Harappa family estate?
(a) Little Mir.
(b) Big Mir.
(c) Maulana.
(d) Kandara.

4. What is the name of Rani Humayun's daughter?
(a) Bilquis.
(b) Arjumand.
(c) Duniyazad.
(d) Peccavi.

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

6. What does Omar's 12th birthday request do to his mothers?
(a) Speak for the first time in years.
(b) Bring them to agreement.
(c) Individuate them.
(d) Stop fighting.

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

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

9. What is intended by Bilal to be draped over Omar's neck after his 12th birthday?
(a) A lock of his mothers' hair.
(b) A necklace of pearls.
(c) An ox's yoke.
(d) A necklace of shoes.

10. What country is mentioned as invading Afghanistan at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Israel.
(b) Russia.
(c) China.
(d) Pakistan.

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

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

13. Which of the following does Old Man Shakil hate?
(a) The native bazaar.
(b) The trade route.
(c) His eldest son.
(d) The foreign blacksmith.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Bilquis habitually afraid?

2. What is the name of Bilquis' father's theater?

3. What does Iskander Harappa build at Aansu?

4. What is Omar called by the two religious zealots?

5. What do Omar's mothers do during the years in which they nurse him?

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