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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. After the coup, Raza Hyder appears on television and promises that there will be free elections within how many days?
(a) 90.
(b) 30.
(c) Never.
(d) 60.

2. How many years older than Sufiya Zinobia is Omar Khayyam Shakil?
(a) 37.
(b) 7.
(c) 31.
(d) 21.

3. At what age does walking become agonizing for Omar Khayyam Shakil?
(a) 65.
(b) 60.
(c) 62.
(d) 58.

4. At what age does Arjumand Harappa learn self-defense?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the ghost of Iskander Harappa quote to Raza Hyder?

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

3. How many of Atiyah's turkeys does Sufiya Zinobia slaughter with her bare hands?

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

5. By what name does Bilquis call Sufiya Zinobia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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