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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 incriminating evidence does Raza Hyder find in his mentally-retarded daughter's room?
(a) A bloody stone.
(b) A machete.
(c) A severed hand.
(d) A blood-stained burqa.

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

3. Out of what movie does Iskander copy a scene when addressing a large crowd?
(a) Alexander the Great.
(b) Ben Hur.
(c) Mad Max.
(d) Julius Caesar.

4. While in the body of a 19-year-old, what age is Sufiya Zinobia mentally?
(a) 6 and a half.
(b) 8 and a half.
(c) 7.
(d) 11.

5. What myth does the narrator suggest to replace the Islamic fundamentalist myth rammed down the people's throats by Raza Hyder?
(a) Islamic jurisprudence.
(b) Liberty, fraternity, and justice.
(c) Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
(d) Liberty, equality, and fraternity.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. For what animal is Sufiya Zinobia mistaken?

4. At what age does Arjumand Harappa learn self-defense?

5. In what city does Haroun Harappa hijack an aircraft?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Iskander Harappa finally die?

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

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

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

5. What two phrases constitute the motto of Raza's regime?

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

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

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

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

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

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