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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. Which of the following polka artists does the narrator note his mother dislikes?
(a) Brave Combo.
(b) Jimmy Sturr.
(c) Romy Gosz.
(d) Al Yankovic.

2. Where does the narrator report wanting to give blood on 11 September 2001?
(a) St. Vincent's.
(b) St. Jude's.
(c) St. Francis's.
(d) St. Olaf's.

3. The use of “Hollywood” to refer to the movie industry is an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Simile.
(d) Analogy.

4. For which of his cousins do the narrator’s parents worry on 11 September 2001?
(a) Yasmin.
(b) Ibrahim.
(c) Mustafa.
(d) Ayesha.

5. Which of the following euphemistic labels does the narrator apply to syphilis?
(a) The Private Problem.
(b) The Spanish Flu.
(c) The Great Pretender.
(d) The French Disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?

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 much debt does the narrator remark he is carrying when he puts his car in for repair in Scranton?

4. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?

5. Which of the following does the narrator report meeting as an executive of Rind’s foundation?

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