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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. Whose lifestyle does Haroun Harappa emulate while growing up?
(a) Raza Hyder.
(b) Little Mir Harappa.
(c) Iskander Harappa.
(d) Omar Khayyam Shakil.

2. With what phrase does Sufiya Zinobia respond to the bridal advice given to her by her mother on the eve of her wedding?
(a) "Will there be cake?"
(b) "I hate fish."
(c) "Men are smelly."
(d) "I hate the ocean."

3. To where does the President dispatch a huge army when Iskander is elected Prime Minister?
(a) India.
(b) Eastern Pakistan.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Iran.

4. Where does Maulana Dawood believe he lives for the rest of his life, after moving to the new capital?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Karachi.
(c) Delhi.
(d) Mecca.

5. What is the name of the 16-year-old Londoner of whom the narrator initially conceives?
(a) Anna Karenina.
(b) Marie Duhatta.
(c) Ophelia Grey.
(d) Anahita Muhammad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sufiya Zinobia discover in Omar's bed in the morning after Shahbanou sleeps with him?

2. What does Bilquis claim she is sewing when her husband inquires?

3. What does Omar Khayyam take to eating while sitting alone in the attic of Raza Hyder's house?

4. In how many wrestling matches does Raza Hyder participate in order to restore his troops' morale?

5. Who does the ghost of Iskander Harappa quote to Raza Hyder?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Captain Talvar Ulhaq take great risk to steal Naveed Hyder from her arranged marriage to Haroun Harappa?

2. How do Raza and Omar disagree when it comes to dealing with Sufiya Zinobia's condition?

3. Describe the final disgrace of Naveed Hyder's marriage to Captain Talvar Ulhaq.

4. What is revealed by Rani Harappa's uncovering of the deceased Iskander's face?

5. How does Iskander Harappa rise to power?

6. What change takes place in Iskander Harappa at the age of 40, and why?

7. How do Omar and Raza escape the residence of the C-in-C and the house arrest?

8. Why, in the opinion of Omar Khayyam Shakil, does Sufiya Zinobia become intensely ill?

9. For what reasons does Arjumand Harappa develop an affection for Haroun Harappa?

10. How does Raza Hyder restore the morale of the deflated Pakistani army?

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