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

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

3. What profession does Muzzammil follow?
(a) Electrical engineer.
(b) Neurologist.
(c) Street musician.
(d) Biochemist.

4. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?
(a) Sense and Sensibility.
(b) Mansfield Park.
(c) Pride and Prejudice.
(d) Emma.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the narrator report starting to write the book?

2. What is the name of the driver Naseem hires to drive the narrator and Sikander?

3. In the comments about who “liked to spend out time yowling for a past that helped us not a whit, a past that only fortified our loftiest delusions and encouraged excuses instead of the work required of us if we were ever to catch up to the rest of the world” (29), the pronoun “we” refers to which of the following?

4. Which of the following does Sikander give as a reason Trump was a preferable candidate for office?

5. In what year does Sikander last meet Trump?

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