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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 part of Talvar Ulhaq's body does Sufiya Zinobia bite at the wedding ceremony?
(a) His chest.
(b) His leg.
(c) His arm.
(d) His neck.

2. How does the young man who helped inspire the character of Sufiya Zinobia expire?
(a) Spontaneous combustion.
(b) Overdose of painkillers.
(c) Beat to death by his father.
(d) Suicide.

3. What is the name of the general who leads the military coup?
(a) Shaggy Dog.
(b) Mangy Lion.
(c) The Dragon.
(d) Sly Snake.

4. With how many bullets is Babar shot when Raza Hyder entraps the guerrillas?
(a) 18.
(b) 19.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

5. Where is Iskander buried?
(a) Q.
(b) The Impossible Mountains.
(c) Karachi.
(d) Mohenjo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Against what unclean animal does Dawood persuade Raza Hyder to launch a campaign?

3. For what does the delusional Maulana Dawood dress after arriving in the new capital city?

4. For what Western publication does Haroun Harappa write an article detailing his father's illicit behavior in Pakistan?

5. What does Iskander Harappa, while imprisoned, begin to chew in the absence of his cigars?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the Pakistani man in London, referred to by the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 7, murder his own daughter?

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

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

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

6. What is the consequence of Maulana Dawood's quest against the selling and eating of shellfish in Karachi?

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

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

9. What becomes of Bilquis in her latter years?

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

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