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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. Near what water is the resort the narrator reports his parents visit?
(a) Great Lakes.
(b) Lake Champlain.
(c) Finger Lakes.
(d) Lake Pontchartrain.

2. How large a stone is on the ring the narrator buys to propose to Asha?
(a) Two carats.
(b) One and a half carats.
(c) One-half carat.
(d) One carat.

3. The phrase “his laugh like a witch’s cackle” (202) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Analogy.

4. Which of the following medications does the narrator’s mother use to ease the pain of her terminal cancer?
(a) Fentanyl.
(b) Tylenol III.
(c) Codeine.
(d) Demerol.

5. Which of the following does the narrator report attended his play?
(a) Chelsea Clinton.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Hillary Clinton.
(d) George Clinton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator footnote as a Muslim hygienic practice?

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

3. What does the narrator report is his blood type?

4. To how high an interest rate is the narrator forced to agree in the repair shop in Scranton?

5. How long does the narrator report being in a relationship with Asha?

Short Essay Questions

1. What factors does the narrator cite as having broken him out of his wealth-induced laziness and indulgence?

2. What decorations are on the walls of the repair shop in Scranton?

3. What is the dream technique the narrator reports having learned from Moroni?

4. What reasons does the narrator give for the SEC investigation of Rind’s investment company?

5. Why does the narrator report being initially put at ease by the Pennsylvania state trooper who pulls him over?

6. How does the narrator describe Mariam Meriha (137)?

7. What reasons does Moroni give to mistrust Freud? What reasons does she note to trust him?

8. What associations does the narrator report many interlocutors who ask about his name and background have with India?

9. What comments does the narrator claim to expect to receive from his parents after leaving the repair shop in Scranton?

10. Why does the university dean on Rind’s foundation board oppose the narrator joining said board?

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