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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 ghost perches itself on Raza Hyder's left shoulder after the hanging of Iskander Harappa?
(a) Iskander Harappa.
(b) Shaggy Dog.
(c) Maulana Dawood.
(d) Little Mir Harappa.

2. For how many years are Rani and Arjumand imprisoned under house arrest?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

3. From what physical malady is Iskander Harappa suffering immediately before he is arrested by the military coup?
(a) A headache.
(b) A toothache.
(c) A broken arm.
(d) A stomachache.

4. How many years have passed within the story from the end of Chapter 6 to the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) 2.
(b) 22.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

5. After the coup, Raza Hyder appears on television and promises that there will be free elections within how many days?
(a) 30.
(b) 90.
(c) 60.
(d) Never.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the 16-year-old Londoner of whom the narrator initially conceives?

2. What incriminating evidence does Raza Hyder find in his mentally-retarded daughter's room?

3. On what does Iskander Harappa feed, as his daughter Arjumand realizes at age 23?

4. How many erratum slips does Bilquis write announcing the change of groom for Naveed's wedding?

5. Where is Iskander buried?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the 18 shawls embroidered by Rani over the six years of home imprisonment depict the life of Iskander Harappa?

2. How does Iskander Harappa rise to power?

3. How does Iskander Harappa finally die?

4. For what reason does Naveed Hyder Ulhaq commit suicide?

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

6. Why does the Pakistani government intercept and destroy all incoming copies of a particular issue of Newsweek?

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

8. What ethereal conflict besets the mind of Raza Hyder during his presidency?

9. Why does the narrator include the anecdote about seeing a London performance of Danton's Death?

10. What becomes of Bilquis in her latter years?

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