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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. The term “zakat” refers to which of the following in the novel?
(a) Money to be distributed to the poor.
(b) Money to be put into savings.
(c) Money to be invested in stocks.
(d) Money to be given to the state.

2. In what year does Sikander first meet Trump?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1993.

3. In what year does the narrator report winning a Pulitzer?
(a) 2014.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2011.

4. Which of the following does the narrator’s uncle Naseem cite “as proof of his point about the fundamental military basis of great leadership” (76)?
(a) Madison.
(b) Washington.
(c) Adams.
(d) Jefferson.

5. The comment about “the disgusting social and military project that would come to bloom in Syria and Iraq like toxic desert dogbane” (77) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Conceit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the driver’s son whom Sikander treats?

2. In what year does Sikander sit for a real estate investment seminar?

3. At what school did the narrator’s great aunt Asma teach?

4. How long is the letter Moroni writes the narrator following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?

5. What lines does the narrator report taking into his play (50)?

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