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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Chapter VIII and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Outside which town does the driver Naseem hires live?
(a) Hasan Abdal.
(b) Islamabad.
(c) Taxila.
(d) Wah Cantt.

2. Which of the following does the narrator use to describe Asha’s skin tone (194)?
(a) Pekoe and turmeric.
(b) Burnished bronze.
(c) Tarnished-penny.
(d) Steamed cinnamon.

3. How much is the initial estimate for the repair to the narrator’s car in Scranton?
(a) $900.
(b) $2,500.
(c) $3,300.
(d) $1,700.

4. Of which of the following did the Akhtars have framed photos from travel?
(a) The Roosevelts’ birthplace.
(b) The Trumps’ birthplace.
(c) The Kennedys’ birthplace.
(d) The Clintons’ birthplace.

5. The term “zamindar” refers to which of the following in the novel?
(a) Impoverished.
(b) Landowning.
(c) Ennobled.
(d) Renting.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Sikander last meet Trump?

2. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?

3. What meal did Sikander have with Trump at Fresco by Scotto?

4. For which of his cousins do the narrator’s parents worry on 11 September 2001?

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?

(see the answer key)

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