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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. For how long has Old Man Shakil been a widow?
(a) 23 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 18 years.
(d) 29 years.

5. Of what is Bilquis habitually afraid?
(a) The Vinyl Theater.
(b) The Lee.
(c) Excelsior.
(d) The Loo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes Omar's feeling towards life?

2. Of what imminent threat is Bilquis' warned by the sound like the beating wings of an angel?

3. How many daughters does Old Man Shakil have?

4. What is the most prominent decoration in Eduardo Rodrigues' room?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Raza Hyder stake himself to the ground in Iskander Harappa's yard?

2. Why is Raza Hyder sent to the Needle Valley?

3. Briefly, what is the generally accepted reason that the husbands in the Hyder family "secretly" visit their wives in common in the night?

4. What happens to the real names of the three sisters, and by what names are they instead called?

5. What are the circumstances surrounding the death of Mistri Yakoob Balloch?

6. What vice does Omar discern in Farah immediately before hypnotizing her, and how?

7. What theory does the author propose regarding the mysterious pregnancy of the sisters?

8. Of what sort of development is Omar Khayyam Shakil deprived in his formative years?

9. Why are the children of the British colonials sent back to England after the age of eight to continue their educations?

10. Describe the end of Bilquis' father's business.

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