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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. Why is Farah expelled from school?
(a) Omar frames her as having cheated on a test.
(b) She violently attacks another girl.
(c) She is suspected of having relations with Eduardo.
(d) She becomes pregnant.

2. With whom does BIlquis go to the movies in Q while Raza is away?
(a) Rani Harappa.
(b) Duniyazad Begum.
(c) Sindbad Mengal.
(d) Omar Khayyam Shakil.

3. Who is the Chief Minister in the region of Q when Raza Hyder first arrives?
(a) Omar Khayyam Shakil.
(b) Iskander Harappa.
(c) Aladdin Gichki.
(d) Maulana Dawood.

4. Which of the following does Old Man Shakil hate?
(a) The foreign blacksmith.
(b) The trade route.
(c) The native bazaar.
(d) His eldest son.

5. What is the name of the school which Omar attends?
(a) The Cantoment School.
(b) The Bali School.
(c) The School of Khayyam.
(d) The Academy Zoroaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Omar's mothers insist that he must never feel?

2. How many male servants remain in the Shakil sisters' house?

3. What does Omar become after starting to attend the school?

4. What is Omar called by the two religious zealots?

5. Of what is Bilquis habitually afraid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characterizes Bilquis' reaction to the Loo?

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

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

4. How does Sindbad Mengal meet his fate?

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

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

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

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

9. What are the important nuances of the word "sharam" that are not carried over into the English "shame"?

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

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