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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Alice now dating?
(a) Eamonn's old schoolmate, Max.
(b) Eamonn's cousin, Max.
(c) Eamonn's arch-enemy, Max.
(d) Eamonn's best friend, Max.

2. How does Isma respond to Eamonn's comment in Chapter One about being Muslim?
(a) "I find it more difficult not to be Muslim."
(b) "Why don't you consider yourself Muslim?"
(c) "I have a hard time being Muslim with current affairs."
(d) "Don't joke about that!"

3. What does Terry Lone give Eamonn when he returns in Chapter Four?
(a) A check.
(b) A hug.
(c) A scolding.
(d) A picture of him as a child.

4. Who is Gita?
(a) Aneeka's cousin who lets Aneeka stay at her apartment.
(b) Aneeka's older university friend who lets Aneeka stay at her apartment.
(c) Isma's friend who lets Aneeka stay at her place.
(d) Aneeka's friend from the local mosque.

5. How does Eamonn think of the scratches on his shoulder?
(a) As a holy relic.
(b) As a reminder of Aneeka.
(c) As a battle wound.
(d) As an annoyance.

6. What had Karamat given Eamonn after Alice broke up with him?
(a) Another woman's number.
(b) A halibut.
(c) A speech about getting back up.
(d) A trout.

7. What is the shared paper Isma and Dr. Shah are working on?
(a) The Insecurity State: Britain and the Instrumentalization of Fear.
(b) Terror Returned: How Britain's History Now Turns on Them
(c) The Infantile State: Britain and Its Inability to Grow Up.
(d) Things Fall Apart: An Examination of the Breakdown of Colonization

8. Who is in the photo Eamonn picks up at Isma's apartment in Chapter Two?
(a) Isma and Aneeka.
(b) Aneeka and Parviaz.
(c) Isma and her ex-boyfriend.
(d) Aneeka and her mother.

9. What does Eamonn do in Chapter Four when he learns about Parviaz's leaving?
(a) Embrace Aneeka and tell her it will be ok.
(b) Start smashing plants and tell Aneeka to get out.
(c) Tell Aneeka he never loved her.
(d) Tell her he is going to tell his father about her.

10. The interrogation officers in Chapter One question Isma for how long?
(a) Five hours.
(b) One hour.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Two days.

11. What does Eamonn say in Chapter Two about his father's choices?
(a) They were necessary to get him to the place he is now.
(b) His father did not know what he was doing.
(c) They were bad choices.
(d) His father would be sorry if he knew the Pasha family.

12. What does Eamonn ask Isma about her turban in Chapter One?
(a) How does that stay on?
(b) Is that Lord Voldemort?
(c) Why do you not wear a hijab?
(d) Is that a style thing or a Muslim thing?

13. What does Isma say to her mother and grandmother when she used to go out?
(a) "I'm going for a walk."
(b) "I'm going to do whatever I want!"
(c) "I'm going to walk along the dangerous canals."
(d) "I never want to see either of you again."

14. What is in the package Eamonn says he willl take to London for Isma?
(a) Mars bars for Aneeka.
(b) M and Ms for Aunty Naseem.
(c) Hershey bars for Aunty Naseem.
(d) Photos of Isma in Amherst.

15. What book is Isma reading in the cafe in Chapter One?
(a) The Sociological Imagination by C. Wright Mills.
(b) Parveen Shakir's Khushbu.
(c) The Quran.
(d) The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries. Feminist Witchcraft, Goddess Rituals, Spellcasting, and Other Womanly Arts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eamonn start showing to Aneeka in Chapter Four?

2. What does GMW stand for?

3. What Urdu phrase means "comfortable with another beyond table manners"?

4. What does Eamonn buy on Main Street in Chapter One?

5. Who is Aunty Naseem?

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