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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose left eye begins blinking when the news is delivered to Raza that his wife is pregnant again?
(a) Bilquis'.
(b) Iskander Harappa's.
(c) Raza's.
(d) Sufiya Zinobia.

2. The men who visit the women at night in Bariamma's room are sarcastically called what?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Princes.
(c) Angels.
(d) Bandits.

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

4. About whom would the narrator be writing if his novel were realistically about Pakistan?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

5. Who returns to Q as Omar is leaving it for Karachi?
(a) Farah Zoroaster's father.
(b) Babar Khayyam.
(c) Eduardo Rodrigues.
(d) Farah Zoroaster.

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

7. What does Chand Mohammad sell to Omar?
(a) A copy of the Qur'an.
(b) A block of ice.
(c) A leather satchel.
(d) A dirty magazine.

8. How old is Rani Humayun's betrothed at the time of their marriage?
(a) 30.
(b) 45.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

9. 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 the object of laughter.
(d) It would be banned.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Bilquis' widowed father?

3. What is a dupatta?

4. For how long are the gates of the Shakil house sealed?

5. About what sort of textbooks would the narrator have to write if his novel were realistic?

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