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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. What word best describes Omar's feeling towards life?
(a) Inverted.
(b) Abnormal.
(c) Polarized.
(d) Twisted.

2. How many daughters does Old Man Shakil have?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

3. What does Omar's 12th birthday request do to his mothers?
(a) Bring them to agreement.
(b) Stop fighting.
(c) Individuate them.
(d) Speak for the first time in years.

4. At what age does Hashmat Bibi die?
(a) 110.
(b) 134.
(c) 120.
(d) 97.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what do Old Man Shakil's daughters regularly fantasize?

2. Whose left eye begins blinking when the news is delivered to Raza that his wife is pregnant again?

3. What is the name of Bilquis' first daughter?

4. By how many breasts is Omar nourished?

5. For whom does Omar look among the Englishmen?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the opinion of the narrator, why does Eduardo deem that Omar must study to be a doctor?

2. Why does the narrator appropriate the story of his friend, the poet?

3. What is the political atmosphere in Delhi prior to the destruction of Bilquis' father's business?

4. How does Sindbad Mengal meet his fate?

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

6. How do Raza Hyder and Maulana Dawood come to trust one another immediately?

7. What characterizes Farah Zoroaster's life in Q after returning from her forced marriage to Eduardo Rodrigues?

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

9. How does Raza Hyder describe his courtship of Bilquis?

10. How is Omar initially greeted upon his exiting Nishapur?

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