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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the name of Bilquis' father's theater?
(a) The Excelsior Theater.
(b) The Empire Theater.
(c) The Vinyl Theater.
(d) The Loo.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Who accompanies Omar's rescuer from the religious zealots?
(a) Yakoob Balloch.
(b) Farah Zoroaster.
(c) Eduardo Rodrigues.
(d) Maulana Dawood.

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

14. What word best describes the personality of Bilquis' father?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Cynical.
(c) Idealistic.
(d) Dreamy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is Sufiya Zinobia's relation to Omar?

2. What is intended by Bilal to be draped over Omar's neck after his 12th birthday?

3. What is the name of Iskander's cousin who loots the Harappa family estate?

4. How old is Rani Humayun's betrothed at the time of their marriage?

5. What is the name of Rani Humayun's daughter?

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