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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters II and III.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In which city was the narrator on Election Day 2016?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Houston.
(d) New York.

3. 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)?
(a) Hayes.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Grant.

4. To which vice-president does the narrator compare Latif?
(a) Dick Cheney.
(b) Joe Biden.
(c) Mike Pence.
(d) Al Gore.

5. In what year did Muzzammil immigrate to the San Diego area?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1976.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “paaya” refers to which of the following?

2. How much money does Sikander lose at baccarat in Atlantic City?

3. In the comments about who “liked to spend out time yowling for a past that helped us not a whit, a past that only fortified our loftiest delusions and encouraged excuses instead of the work required of us if we were ever to catch up to the rest of the world” (29), the pronoun “we” refers to which of the following?

4. What lines does the narrator report taking into his play (50)?

5. What admonition does Moroni offer the narrator in her letter to him following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?

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