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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. How is the Supreme Court split on Iskander Harappa's death sentence?
(a) 5-2.
(b) 7-0.
(c) 6-1.
(d) 4-3.

2. For how long is Sufiya Zinobia chained up in the attic?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 20 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

3. How many erratum slips does Bilquis write announcing the change of groom for Naveed's wedding?
(a) 454.
(b) 555.
(c) 333.
(d) 676.

4. What is the name of the political party of which Iskander Harappa becomes the leader after the present government loses popularity?
(a) The Nationalist Party.
(b) The Islamic Socialist Party.
(c) The Popular Front.
(d) The People's Liberation Front.

5. What does Omar Khayyam take to eating while sitting alone in the attic of Raza Hyder's house?
(a) Betel-nuts.
(b) Fish soup.
(c) Shellfish.
(d) Pine kernels.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many children does Naveed bear Talvar Ulhaq?

3. Which of the following is NOT involved in the coup against Raza Hyder that is prematurely unveiled?

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

5. After the coup, Raza Hyder appears on television and promises that there will be free elections within how many days?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the crazed killing spree of Sufiya Zinobia discovered?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Iskander Harappa bring his fate down upon his head after being arrested and imprisoned in Bagheeragali?

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

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

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

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

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