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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Besides Omar, who is Eduardo Rodrigues' best student in the town of Q?
(a) Chand Mohammad.
(b) Farah Zoroaster.
(c) Hermann Gadegger.
(d) Babar Khayyam.

5. How old is Sufiya Zinobia when her family moves to Q?
(a) 15 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 12 months.
(d) 13 weeks.

6. 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.

7. Who has a powerful effect on Omar when seen through his telescope?
(a) Farah Zoroaster.
(b) Eduardo Rodrigues.
(c) Maulana Dawood.
(d) Yakoob Balloch.

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

9. What is the name of Bilquis' first daughter?
(a) Duniyazad Begum.
(b) Zinobia Duniyazad.
(c) Runi Humayun Hyder.
(d) Sufiya Zinobia.

10. What is the name of the girl whom Omar accompanies in a jeep?
(a) Yana Khayar.
(b) Ana Makiina.
(c) Elishna Ramel.
(d) Farah Rodrigues.

11. How many male servants remain in the Shakil sisters' house?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

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

14. What would happen to a realistic book about Pakistan, according to the narrator?
(a) It would be ignored.
(b) It would be praised.
(c) It would be banned.
(d) It would be the object of laughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What significant action does Omar do to Farah before leaving her father's customs post?

2. What sort of story does the narrator claim to be writing, instead of a realistic novel?

3. How long after leaving Q for Karachi is Omar's brother born?

4. For how long is Omar imprisoned in the house of the Shakil sisters?

5. What significant event happens to the girls at their coming-out party?

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