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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on the placard Bill carries at the protest where he meets Seema?
(a) Life.
(b) War.
(c) Peace.
(d) Death.

2. At which university does Seema complete a communication fellowship?
(a) Yale.
(b) Fordham.
(c) Rutgers.
(d) Columbia.

3. Which of the following accompanies Bill and Seema when they marry?
(a) Divya.
(b) Josh.
(c) Fiaz.
(d) Leigh.

4. Which news source does Seema follow during the United States’ actions against Saddam Hussein under George W. Bush?
(a) BBC.
(b) Al Jazeera.
(c) NPR.
(d) Fox News.

5. In which of the following plays had Seema acted at school?
(a) Othello.
(b) Twelfth Night.
(c) Merchant of Venice.
(d) Julius Cæsar.

6. Which of the following does the novel gloss as “pomegranate blossom”?
(a) Anarkali.
(b) Salim.
(c) Bahar.
(d) Akbar.

7. What do Arshad and Jemaal call themselves as they go about their vandalism?
(a) The Crusaders.
(b) The Avengers.
(c) The Lightning.
(d) The Thunder.

8. With which of the following does Two: 2003-2008 end?
(a) “…anything to keep us with the living.”
(b) “…her face flattened and blanched by unforgiving fluorescent light.”
(c) “…while rain patters against the windowpanes.”
(d) “…lying silenced on an operating table, toward my own beginning.”

9. For which of the following presidential campaigns does Seema volunteer?
(a) Kuchinich.
(b) Sanders.
(c) Castro.
(d) Dean.

10. At which grocery store is Fiaz exposed to Tahera?
(a) Grocery Outlet.
(b) Bi-Rite.
(c) Cal-Mart.
(d) Safeway.

11. Which of the following does Arshad feign to stay home from school?
(a) Stomachache.
(b) Fever.
(c) Diarrhea.
(d) Backache.

12. How old is Bill when he steals from his grandmother?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

13. How does Tahera greet the halal butcher from whom she buys goat and chicken?
(a) I would buy from you.
(b) Hello.
(c) Salaam.
(d) Assalamau Alaikum!

14. With whom had Bill had his last relationship before Seema?
(a) Angela.
(b) Rita.
(c) Sandra.
(d) Vanessa.

15. Which of the following sculptures does Seema emulate with her first lover?
(a) Worrier.
(b) Adam.
(c) The Kiss.
(d) Thinker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following birds does Zia invoke in his sermon?

2. At what time does Leigh arrive for the celebratory meal?

3. With which of the following flowers does Seema recall brides being veiled?

4. With which of the following does Three: 2010 begin?

5. Which of the following roles does Seema recall Reshmi played?

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