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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 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?
(a) Americans.
(b) Muslims.
(c) Minnesotans.
(d) Pre-partition Indians.

2. In what year does Sikander sit for a real estate investment seminar?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1982.

3. 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.

4. In which city was the narrator on Election Day 2016?
(a) Houston.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year does Fatima die?

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

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

5. To which vice-president does the narrator compare Latif?

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