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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters VI and VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Asha pay for a session with her psychic?
(a) $75.
(b) $100.
(c) $60.
(d) $50.

2. In which city does Sikander secure a position after first coming to the United States?
(a) New York City.
(b) Newark.
(c) Trenton.
(d) Atlantic City.

3. Whom does the narrator report is the Pulitzer-winning author of The Looming Tower?
(a) Lawrence Wright.
(b) D.H. Lawrence.
(c) D.H. Richard.
(d) Richard Wright.

4. The term “paaya” refers to which of the following?
(a) Hoof stew.
(b) Cold broth.
(c) Shredded beef.
(d) Pickled feet.

5. On what road does the narrator report his car breaking down?
(a) I-80.
(b) I-81.
(c) I-84.
(d) I-78.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “latrinalia” carries which of the following meanings in the novel?

2. The comment that “The Prophet’s Safiya was supposedly a very beautiful woman, which is not exactly what I would have said of the Safiya I knew, at least not before saying other things about her” (55) offers an example of which of the following?

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

4. Which of the following does the narrator’s uncle Naseem cite “as proof of his point about the fundamental military basis of great leadership” (76)?

5. Where does the narrator note having first met Jacobs?

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