3. Why does Omar strictly limit his sleep at night?
(a) He has unusual theories about rest and health.
(b) He is afraid his mothers will sell him.
(c) He has regular nightmares.
(d) He is attempting to live nocturnally.

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

5. What does Iskander Harappa build at Aansu?
(a) A new town.
(b) Brothels.
(c) A military fort.
(d) Ski lodges.

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

7. How is Omar initially received by the student body of the school he attends?
(a) With praise.
(b) With taunts.
(c) With friendship.
(d) With indifference.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What do Omar's mothers insist that he must never feel?
(a) Pride.
(b) Curiousity.
(c) Anger.
(d) Shame.

15. What does Omar become after starting to attend the school?
(a) A peeping tom.
(b) A soccer star.
(c) A ladies' man.
(d) A freakish recluse.