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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 would happen to a realistic book about Pakistan, according to the narrator?
(a) It would be praised.
(b) It would be the object of laughter.
(c) It would be banned.
(d) It would be ignored.

2. How old is Rani Humayun's betrothed at the time of their marriage?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 18.
(d) 45.

3. What is Iskander and Rani Harappa's first daughter's nickname?
(a) Hotpants.
(b) Iron Leftie.
(c) Virgin Ironpants.
(d) Old Ironface.

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

5. How does Bilquis' father die, to the best of Bilquis' knowledge?
(a) Murder.
(b) Illness.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Old age.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long are the gates of the Shakil house sealed?

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

3. At what age does Omar win a scholarship to the best medical school in Karachi?

4. What is a dupatta?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Raza Hyder's military victory so greatly lauded throughout Pakistan?

3. How does Sindbad Mengal meet his fate?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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