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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters II and III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time on Election Day does the narrator call his father?
(a) Half past six in the evening.
(b) Half past three in the afternoon.
(c) Half past noon.
(d) Half past ten at night.

2. In what year does Fatima die?
(a) 2014.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2012.

3. What is the name of the driver’s son whom Sikander treats?
(a) Obama.
(b) Hazrat Ali.
(c) Zayd.
(d) Osama.

4. Rooh Afza lassi is which of the following?
(a) A rose-flavored dairy beverage.
(b) A vanilla-flavored squash beverage.
(c) An unflavored squash beverage.
(d) A rose-flavored squash beverage.

5. The comment that “he felt something strange in his chest, like a pounding on a distant drum” (7) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Anaphora.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the narrator note Malala received a Nobel prize?

2. Who is President of the United States when “Overture: To America” begins?

3. In what year is the narrator born?

4. The comment that “the man seemed to be turning into an imbecile, his hodgepodge views like mental flatulence, one fetid odor after another” (16) offers an example of which of the following?

5. In what year do the narrator’s parents meet?

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