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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. What time is Trump’s appointment with Sikander?
(a) Six in the evening.
(b) Eight in the morning.
(c) Eight in the evening.
(d) Nine in the morning.

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

3. Rooh Afza lassi is which of the following?
(a) A vanilla-flavored squash beverage.
(b) A rose-flavored dairy beverage.
(c) A rose-flavored squash beverage.
(d) An unflavored squash beverage.

4. What lines does the narrator report taking into his play (50)?
(a) “They run around telling everyone else about human rights. But not for them. Look how they treat their own blacks.”
(b) “Turning us against each other. Making us spill each other’s blood. Just like the British.”
(c) “Taking what we have. Oil, land. Treating us like animals.”
(d) “He’s right. They deserve what they got. And what they’re going to get.”

5. To which of the following did Sikander take his family camping?
(a) The Tetons.
(b) The Appalachians.
(c) The Davis Mountains.
(d) The Adirondacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the novel, how is it reported that Trump prefers his steaks?

2. What meal did Sikander have with Trump at Fresco by Scotto?

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

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

5. Who is President of the United States when “Overture: To America” begins?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Sikander comment to Latif that he cannot do in Pakistan that he can do in the United States, and why does he say he cannot do it there?

4. What struggles does Moroni cite as “fires beneath her crucible” in her letter to the narrator following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?

5. What does the narrator come to learn is the intent behind questions about whether his play is autobiographical?

6. What reasons does the narrator give for surprise at Sikander soliciting prostitution?

7. What writerly insight does the narrator report having had regarding the 2016 presidential election?

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

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

10. What message does the narrator note is sent by the United States turning against Afghanistan and Iraq in the late 1980s and early 1990s?

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