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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the school which Omar attends?
(a) The School of Khayyam.
(b) The Bali School.
(c) The Cantoment School.
(d) The Academy Zoroaster.

2. For how long is Omar imprisoned in the house of the Shakil sisters?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 8 years.

3. What sort of guests compose the majority of the girls' coming-out party?
(a) Adolescents.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Wealthy locals.
(d) Females.

4. What is intended by Bilal to be draped over Omar's neck after his 12th birthday?
(a) A lock of his mothers' hair.
(b) An ox's yoke.
(c) A necklace of shoes.
(d) A necklace of pearls.

5. What do Omar's mothers insist that he must never feel?
(a) Shame.
(b) Curiousity.
(c) Anger.
(d) Pride.

6. What word best describes Omar's feeling towards life?
(a) Abnormal.
(b) Polarized.
(c) Twisted.
(d) Inverted.

7. Who accompanies Omar's rescuer from the religious zealots?
(a) Eduardo Rodrigues.
(b) Yakoob Balloch.
(c) Maulana Dawood.
(d) Farah Zoroaster.

8. Where does Omar believe Hell is located?
(a) Beneath the earth.
(b) All around us.
(c) Overhead.
(d) In the East.

9. From what city is the story's narrator uprooted?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Karachi.
(c) London.
(d) Bombay.

10. What country is mentioned as invading Afghanistan at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Russia.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) China.
(d) Israel.

11. What significant event happens to the girls at their coming-out party?
(a) One of them becomes pregnant.
(b) One of them is killed.
(c) They find their father's journal.
(d) They are kidnapped.

12. How many male servants remain in the Shakil sisters' house?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

13. Why does Omar strictly limit his sleep at night?
(a) He has regular nightmares.
(b) He is attempting to live nocturnally.
(c) He is afraid his mothers will sell him.
(d) He has unusual theories about rest and health.

14. Whose execution does the narrator mention while visiting his poet friend who lives in Karachi?
(a) Jeremiah Burden.
(b) Omar Khayyam.
(c) Frederick Hapsburg.
(d) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

15. What does Omar become after starting to attend the school?
(a) A freakish recluse.
(b) A ladies' man.
(c) A peeping tom.
(d) A soccer star.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after leaving Q for Karachi is Omar's brother born?

2. Upon what do Bilquis' hands rest when she sleeps alone?

3. In what garment does Raza Hyder first wrap Bilquis?

4. How many daughters does Old Man Shakil have?

5. What is the name of the Harappa family estate where Rani Harappa lives?

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