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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. What make and model of car does the narrator report having break down on him?
(a) Chevy Impala.
(b) Lincoln Town Car.
(c) Saab 900.
(d) Audi 5000.

2. On what day of the week does the narrator’s car break down?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Monday.

3. The phrase “sweet and clean, like mountain water” (184) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Simile.

4. The sentence “Deluded admonitions, however true; futile tenderness, however comforting” (120) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Paradox.

5. Which of the following trains does the narrator note not wanting to take?
(a) The 2.
(b) The Q.
(c) The 1.
(d) The A.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator report wanting to give blood on 11 September 2001?

2. The comment that “Abbottabad is a military town, a kind of Pakistani West Point” (69) offers an example of which of the following?

3. Which of the following does the narrator use to describe Asha’s skin tone (194)?

4. For which of the following is Asha working when the narrator meets her?

5. Which of the following countries is represented among the medical students who observe the narrator’s treatment for syphilis?

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