3. To where does Farah Zoroaster invite Omar after Eduardo Rodrigues tells her to be nice to the fat 16-year-old boy?
(a) Her mother's house in Q.
(b) Her father's customs post.
(c) Her uncle's shop in the bazaar.
(d) The Impossible Mountains.

4. What does Omar become after starting to attend the school?
(a) A freakish recluse.
(b) A soccer star.
(c) A peeping tom.
(d) A ladies' man.

5. Why does Omar strictly limit his sleep at night?
(a) He has unusual theories about rest and health.
(b) He has regular nightmares.
(c) He is attempting to live nocturnally.
(d) He is afraid his mothers will sell him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose assassination is made known at Rani Humayun's marriage?

2. Which of the following languages does Omar not master on his own?

3. Which of the following is one of Farah Zoroaster's nicknames?

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

5. Who returns to Q as Omar is leaving it for Karachi?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what idea do Raza and Bilquis put an undue amount of faith, and why is this a troublesome belief?

2. What sort of gossip floats around Farah Zoroaster and Eduardo Rodrigues?

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. Briefly describe why the narrator insists that his novel is not about a real Pakistan, and what would happen to (the story, not the actual book) it if it were.

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

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

7. How is Bilquis' father's business ruined?

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

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

10. How does Bilquis come to be accepted as a member of the Hyder family?

(see the answer keys)

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