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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. Which of the following is the name of Muzzammil’s wife?
(a) Anjum.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Asha.
(d) Safiya.

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

3. At what time on Election Day does the narrator call his father?
(a) Half past ten at night.
(b) Half past three in the afternoon.
(c) Half past noon.
(d) Half past six in the evening.

4. Where do the mittens the narrator wears after his syphilis treatment originate?
(a) Greenland.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Norway.

5. The comment about “his ceaselessly shifting emotions, his evasions and avowals and disavowals, the steady shedding of his civility” (14) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Rhyme.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of pencil does the narrator report using for his initial dream exercise?

2. In what grade is the narrator in 1979?

3. Which of the following flowers does the narrator report that Rind displays in his home?

4. At which of the following schools does the narrator remark Bork taught?

5. What chemical does the narrator report in a footnote is found in the water of Zamzam?

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