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

2. In what color does Rani embroider the shawl depicting the rampant corruption allowed by Iskander during his reign?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

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

4. With how many bullets is Babar shot when Raza Hyder entraps the guerrillas?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 19.
(d) 13.

5. Where is Iskander Harappa initially detained after the coup?
(a) A cell in Islamabad.
(b) A cell in Karachi.
(c) A house in Q.
(d) A house in Bagheeragali.

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

7. For how long does Iskander Harappa, in his initial place of post-coup confinement, verbally assault Raza Hyder?
(a) 90 minutes.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 47 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

8. Which father-figure of both the Bible and the Qur'an does Raza Hyder think of when he discovers the killings done by Sufiya Zinobia?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Adam.
(c) Job.
(d) Abraham.

9. What is the name of the 16-year-old Londoner of whom the narrator initially conceives?
(a) Marie Duhatta.
(b) Ophelia Grey.
(c) Anna Karenina.
(d) Anahita Muhammad.

10. What does Sufiya Zinobia discover in Omar's bed in the morning after Shahbanou sleeps with him?
(a) A damp patch.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) A fish.

11. How many fish do Omar and Raza catch on their fishing trip?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

12. Into what new organization of his own creation does Iskander Harappa make Talvar Ulhaq the head?
(a) The National Department of Defense.
(b) The Security Forces of Pakistan.
(c) The Federal Security Forces.
(d) The Federal Defense Force.

13. Who does the ghost of Iskander Harappa quote to Raza Hyder?
(a) Vladimir Lenin.
(b) Niccolo Machiavelli.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Immanuel Kant.

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

15. Whose cadaver is prominently depicted on the last of Rani's shawls?
(a) Raza Hyder.
(b) Little Mir.
(c) Iskander.
(d) Arjumand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the general who leads the military coup?

3. Of whom does Omar dream the night that Sufiya Zinobia is taken to the hospital?

4. What does Iskander Harappa, while imprisoned, begin to chew in the absence of his cigars?

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

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