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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The comment about “the disgusting social and military project that would come to bloom in Syria and Iraq like toxic desert dogbane” (77) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Analogy.

2. In which city does Sikander secure a position after first coming to the United States?
(a) Trenton.
(b) Newark.
(c) New York City.
(d) Atlantic City.

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

4. The comment that “Abbottabad is a military town, a kind of Pakistani West Point” (69) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Conceit.

5. What award does Sikander win for a second time after ending his real estate endeavors?
(a) Father of the Year.
(b) Lifetime Achievement.
(c) First Place.
(d) Investigator of the Year.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the driver’s son whom Sikander treats?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Asma define the Nero complex?

2. In what properties does Sikander invest when he tries to break into real estate?

3. What does Fatima expect will be Anjum’s fate, and what actually does happen to Anjum?

4. What does the narrator note was necessary for him to understand the comments Moroni makes in her class and her letter (xvi-xvii)?

5. What conspiracies does the narrator note hearing voiced while visiting family in Abbottabad in 2008?

6. What reasons does Asma give for disliking The Satanic Verses?

7. Aside from medical appointments, what contact does Sikander have with Trump?

8. Why does Sikander rail against Naseem after he and the narrator leave Abbottabad?

9. With what events listed in the novel’s chronology is Trump involved?

10. What does the narrator report valuing in Whitman when he read him initially (xvii)?

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