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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 is the name of Rani Humayun's daughter?
(a) Duniyazad.
(b) Arjumand.
(c) Peccavi.
(d) Bilquis.

2. What happens to the narrator's poet friend in Karachi by the time Rushdie returns to London?
(a) He is killed.
(b) He is married.
(c) He becomes famous for a poem he wrote.
(d) He is imprisoned.

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

4. Into where are the Muslims herded for their own safety, following the death of Bilquis' father?
(a) Nishapur.
(b) Al-Hambra.
(c) Duqatta.
(d) Uy-Quira

5. What is the name of the Harappa family estate where Rani Harappa lives?
(a) Nishapur.
(b) Kichari.
(c) Avicennuh.
(d) Mohenjo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Mistri Yakoob Balloch after his deal is made with the sisters?

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

3. Whose execution does the narrator mention while visiting his poet friend who lives in Karachi?

4. What profession does Eduardo Rodrigues determine is fitting for Omar?

5. After whom does the narrator name the hero of his story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Of what two cultural parts is the town of Q's dumbbell shape composed?

5. What are the lasting effects of Omar's birthday request upon his mothers?

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

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

8. What is guaranteed to the Shakil sisters by the installation of their dumb-waiter?

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

10. What effect does voyeurism-by-proxy have on Omar's mothers, and what is possibly the consequence of this effect?

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