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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) Iskander Harappa.
(b) Little Mir Harappa.
(c) Omar Khayyam Shakil.
(d) Raza Hyder.

2. In what color does Rani embroider the shawl depicting the rampant corruption allowed by Iskander during his reign?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

3. What is lurking deep within Sufiya Zinobia?
(a) An Angel.
(b) A Monster.
(c) A Genius.
(d) A Beast.

4. How many U.S. ambassadors does Iskander drive out of the country during his reign as Prime Minister?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

5. How does General Raddi arrest Haroun Harappa and his terrorists without firing a shot?
(a) By poisoning them.
(b) By gassing the plane.
(c) By setting the plane on fire.
(d) By feeding them a heavy meal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the young man who helped inspire the character of Sufiya Zinobia expire?

2. How many reasons does Raza Hyder give against the barbaric nature of Islamic law punishments?

3. What ghost perches itself on Raza Hyder's left shoulder after the hanging of Iskander Harappa?

4. With what phrase does Sufiya Zinobia respond to the bridal advice given to her by her mother on the eve of her wedding?

5. At what age does walking become agonizing for Omar Khayyam Shakil?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Arjumand Harappa choose to remember her father?

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

8. What becomes of Bilquis in her latter years?

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

10. What is the nature of the relationship between Omar Khayyam Shakil and Shahbanou?

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