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

2. What is the title of the play that the narrator and three friends from Pakistan see in London?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Les Miserables.
(c) Danton's Death.
(d) All's Well that Ends Well.

3. How many shawls does Rani embroider during her house arrest?
(a) 16.
(b) 9.
(c) 18.
(d) 22.

4. Which ignominious title does Haroun Harappa receive from the Hyder women preparing Naveed for her wedding?
(a) Sheep-lover.
(b) Bookworm.
(c) Potato face.
(d) Garlic breath.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT used as an analogy for sex by the Hyder women preparing Naveed for her wedding?

2. Which military man arrives to arrest Iskander Harappa when the coup is pulled off?

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

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

5. How does the narrator state that Pakistan's women are restrained?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Iskander Harappa rise to power?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the final disgrace of Naveed Hyder's marriage to Captain Talvar Ulhaq.

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

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