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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters VI and VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the name of Rind’s investment company?
(a) Haifa Holdings.
(b) Riaz & Co.
(c) Latif Wealth Management.
(d) Avasina Associates.

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

3. Whom does the narrator quote as saying “Never trust the artist. Trust the tale” (25)?
(a) George Eliot.
(b) D.H. Lawrence.
(c) T.E. Lawrence.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

4. For which of his cousins do the narrator’s parents worry on 11 September 2001?
(a) Ibrahim.
(b) Mustafa.
(c) Ayesha.
(d) Yasmin.

5. How much money does Sikander lose at baccarat in Atlantic City?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $2,500.
(d) $7,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator report attended his play?

2. How high a fever does the narrator report running when he dreams of Muhammad in Punjab?

3. The sentence “Deluded admonitions, however true; futile tenderness, however comforting” (120) offers examples of which of the following?

4. In what year does Fatima die?

5. Near what water is the resort the narrator reports his parents visit?

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