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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following colors of car does Liz take to the airport to meet Kemal?
(a) Red.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

2. The phrase “Embarrassingly, excruciatingly, the panic attack you’ve been bottling up washes over you like a drenching cold ocean breaker” (274) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Rhyme.
(d) Anaphora.

3. On which of the following charges does Liz note having arrested Anwar prior to the novel?
(a) Internet-banking fraud.
(b) Internet-banking losses.
(c) Internet-advertising fraud.
(d) Academic fraud.

4. Which of the following books does the Toymaker note was present when he was living with his uncle Albert?
(a) What to Expect When You’re Expecting.
(b) Lord of the Rings.
(c) Discipline and Punish.
(d) To Train up a Child.

5. Which of the following is noted as Crolla’s cause of death?
(a) Blunt force trauma.
(b) Aortic aneurysm.
(c) Anaphylactic shock.
(d) Cardiac arrest.

6. To which of the following does Anwar compare the police officer at his mother-in-law’s house?
(a) A pigeon.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A crow.
(d) A raven.

7. Which of the following spans of time does Anwar note Bibi usually punishes him for being drunk?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 3 days.

8. From which of the following does Anwar receive an unexpected phone call?
(a) The Palace of Holyroodhouse.
(b) The Presidential Palace.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) The Royal Scottish Academy.

9. Which of the following does Kemal exclude from his definition of artificial intelligence?
(a) Playing chess.
(b) Playing checkers.
(c) Playing dice.
(d) Playing cards.

10. From which of the following offices does Kemal note having been dispatched?
(a) Bonn.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Brussels.
(d) Barcelona.

11. Which of the following models of car does Liz take to the airport to meet Kemal?
(a) Volvo.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) BMW.
(d) Mercedes.

12. The phrase “you hear footsteps like a herd of baby elephants on the landing” (312) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

13. On which of the following websites is it noted that MacDonald and Anwar are connected?
(a) Bedmen.com.
(b) Search.co.uk.
(c) Fitlads.net.
(d) Funlads.scot.

14. Which of the following is noted as MacDonald’s position?
(a) Permanent lecturer.
(b) Associate professor.
(c) Adjunct instructor.
(d) Visiting assistant professor.

15. Which of the following does MacDonald exclude from artificial intelligence?
(a) Playing poker.
(b) Playing backgammon.
(c) Playing canasta.
(d) Playing checkers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following percentages does Anwar note as the Kyrgyzstani national debt that was broken off into Issyk-Kulistan?

2. Which of the following terms does MacDonald gloss as “telling spam from ham” (307)?

3. The comment that “it’s not so cosy now that the outside world has smashed the window and climbed in, ransacked the drawers, and stirred everything around” (186) offers an example of which of the following?

4. Which of the following amounts of money does the Gnome tell Anwar to acquire in the wake of Tariq’s death?

5. The comment that “The stranger’s suitcase squats in the corner like an enemy garrison” (236) offers an example of which of the following?

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