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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. Who comes to Omar's aid when he is overwhelmed by the religious zealots?
(a) Maulana Dawood.
(b) Farah Zoroaster.
(c) Eduardo Rodrigues.
(d) Morgiana.

2. Who is the Chief Minister in the region of Q when Raza Hyder first arrives?
(a) Aladdin Gichki.
(b) Maulana Dawood.
(c) Iskander Harappa.
(d) Omar Khayyam Shakil.

3. Of what is Bilquis habitually afraid?
(a) The Lee.
(b) The Loo.
(c) Excelsior.
(d) The Vinyl Theater.

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

5. What does Iskander Harappa build at Aansu?
(a) Ski lodges.
(b) A military fort.
(c) A new town.
(d) Brothels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What oddity does Eduardo Rodrigues carry with him when he first enters the town of Q?

2. What happens to the narrator's poet friend in Karachi by the time Rushdie returns to London?

3. What happens to Mistri Yakoob Balloch after his deal is made with the sisters?

4. Why is Farah expelled from school?

5. What does Omar's 12th birthday request do to his mothers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what two cultural parts is the town of Q's dumbbell shape composed?

2. What is guaranteed to the Shakil sisters by the installation of their dumb-waiter?

3. What effect does voyeurism-by-proxy have on Omar's mothers, and what is possibly the consequence of this effect?

4. Of what sort of development is Omar Khayyam Shakil deprived in his formative years?

5. In what idea do Raza and Bilquis put an undue amount of faith, and why is this a troublesome belief?

6. Why are the children of the British colonials sent back to England after the age of eight to continue their educations?

7. Why is Raza Hyder's military victory so greatly lauded throughout Pakistan?

8. Why does Raza Hyder stake himself to the ground in Iskander Harappa's yard?

9. What characterizes Farah Zoroaster's life in Q after returning from her forced marriage to Eduardo Rodrigues?

10. What happens to the real names of the three sisters, and by what names are they instead called?

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