 Is Haron’s story true?
She had been known to say that there are over a billion men in the world, a goodly percentage of whom are eligible bachelors, and that the right one would come along simply because she had been waiting for him. Intelligent, somewhat egotistical male who's really been around, whose universal experience can make the average cosmopolite look like a provincial hick, is in need of several female correspondents: must be intelligent, have gumption, be capable of listening to male who has a lot to say and wants to say it. All others need not apply. The name—Haron Gorka: its oddness was somehow beautiful to Matilda. Haron Gorka—the nationality could be anything. He had no nationality for all intents and purposes; he was an international man, a figure among figures, a paragon.... But she laughed and thought that if she was, she was, and, meanwhile, she could only get to Cedar Falls and find out. First place, I don't know any Haron Gorka—" Matilda kept the alarm from creeping into her voice. As far us the gentry of Cedar Falls was concerned, Haron Gorka did not exist. If she could not find Haron Gorka, that was one thing; but she knew that she'd rather not return home and face the widow Penshaws, at least not for a while yet. Twenty years from now, this could be Matilda Penshaws—complete with plain gray dress, rimless spectacles, gray hair, suspicious eyes, and a broom-stick figure.... Certainly a man as well-educated as Haron Gorka would be an avid reader, and unless he had a permanent residence here in Cedar Palls, one couldn't expect that he'd have his own library with him. This being the case, a third-rate collection of books was far better than no collection at all, and perhaps the librarian would know Mr. Haron Gorka. "I'm looking for—" "Haron Gorka." "I mean anyone would like to correspond with Haron Gorka. Haron Gorka...." "If I can't enjoy an association with Haron Gorka directly, I still could get the vicarious pleasure of your contact with him. That's what the other five will do, and with half a dozen of you, I'll get an overall picture. Each one of you will tell me about Haron Gorka, sparing no details. You each have a distinct personality, of course, and it will color each picture considerably.
 Yes. Matilda confirms when she sees the “shooting star.”
 No. Haron only tells her the story in the hopes of getting his wife to come home,  Yes. Matilda confirms when she sees the “shooting star.”  Yes, though only his wife is aware of that.  No. Both he and his wife are truly delusional.