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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does Iskander Harappa, in his initial place of post-coup confinement, verbally assault Raza Hyder?
(a) 47 minutes.
(b) 90 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 3 hours.

2. What does Iskander Harappa, while imprisoned, begin to chew in the absence of his cigars?
(a) Toothpicks.
(b) Betel-nuts.
(c) Chewing gum.
(d) Pine kernels.

3. How does General Raddi arrest Haroun Harappa and his terrorists without firing a shot?
(a) By poisoning them.
(b) By gassing the plane.
(c) By setting the plane on fire.
(d) By feeding them a heavy meal.

4. For how long is Sufiya Zinobia chained up in the attic?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 20 months.

5. How many reasons does Raza Hyder give against the barbaric nature of Islamic law punishments?
(a) 333.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

6. For how many years are Rani and Arjumand imprisoned under house arrest?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

7. Who does the ghost of Iskander Harappa quote to Raza Hyder?
(a) Immanuel Kant.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Vladimir Lenin.
(d) Niccolo Machiavelli.

8. How many children does Naveed bear Talvar Ulhaq?
(a) 17.
(b) 20.
(c) 27.
(d) 7.

9. On what does Iskander Harappa feed, as his daughter Arjumand realizes at age 23?
(a) His women.
(b) The people.
(c) His enemies.
(d) His failures.

10. With what phrase does Sufiya Zinobia respond to the bridal advice given to her by her mother on the eve of her wedding?
(a) "Will there be cake?"
(b) "I hate fish."
(c) "I hate the ocean."
(d) "Men are smelly."

11. While in the body of a 19-year-old, what age is Sufiya Zinobia mentally?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 8 and a half.
(d) 6 and a half.

12. What concept does Sufiya Zinobia know about but does not understand?
(a) Babies.
(b) Money.
(c) Wives.
(d) Husbands.

13. Which military man arrives to arrest Iskander Harappa when the coup is pulled off?
(a) Tughlak.
(b) Shaggy dog.
(c) Shuja.
(d) Hyder.

14. What is the name of the 16-year-old Londoner of whom the narrator initially conceives?
(a) Anahita Muhammad.
(b) Marie Duhatta.
(c) Ophelia Grey.
(d) Anna Karenina.

15. With how many bullets is Babar shot when Raza Hyder entraps the guerrillas?
(a) 12.
(b) 19.
(c) 18.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. What alone unites Rani and Arjumand during their shared house arrest?

2. What does Bilquis claim she is sewing when her husband inquires?

3. How many of Atiyah's turkeys does Sufiya Zinobia slaughter with her bare hands?

4. How many shawls does Rani embroider during her house arrest?

5. What motto appears on Iskander's campaign posters?

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