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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the driver’s son whom Sikander treats?
(a) Zayd.
(b) Obama.
(c) Osama.
(d) Hazrat Ali.

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

3. How much older than Trump is Sikander?
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five years.

4. At what school did the narrator’s great aunt Asma teach?
(a) University of Vermont.
(b) Brown University.
(c) University of Connecticut.
(d) Stanford University.

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

6. What is the name of the driver Naseem hires to drive the narrator and Sikander?
(a) Zayd.
(b) Ahmad.
(c) Harithah.
(d) Jahsh.

7. The comment that “The Prophet’s Safiya was supposedly a very beautiful woman, which is not exactly what I would have said of the Safiya I knew, at least not before saying other things about her” (55) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Litotes.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

8. What admonition does Moroni offer the narrator in her letter to him following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?
(a) “An ye harm none, do what you will.”
(b) “Don’t let the jerks get you down.”
(c) “Use the difficulty; make it your own.”
(d) “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

9. How does the character in the narrator’s play describe “something unexpected and unwelcome, a sense of pride” after the 11 September 2001 attacks (24)?
(a) A “blush.”
(b) A “surge.”
(c) A “swelling.”
(d) A “throbbing.”

10. Which of the following invitations to speak about his play does the narrator report refusing?
(a) Bill Maher’s show.
(b) Bill Nye’s show.
(c) Larry King’s show.
(d) David Letterman’s show.

11. How long is the letter Moroni writes the narrator following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?
(a) 10 pages.
(b) 5 pages.
(c) 1 page.
(d) 2 pages.

12. In what year does Latif die?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1998.

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

14. In what year does the narrator note Malala received a Nobel prize?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2014.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Outside which town does the driver Naseem hires live?

2. Whom does the narrator quote as saying “Never trust the artist. Trust the tale” (25)?

3. In what grade is the narrator in 1979?

4. The term “paaya” refers to which of the following?

5. Of which of the following did the Akhtars have framed photos from travel?

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