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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. What award does the narrator note his play receives?
(a) Nobel.
(b) TOny.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Pulitzer.

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

3. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) Sense and Sensibility.
(c) Emma.
(d) Mansfield Park.

4. In what year does Fatima die?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2015.

5. In what month does Latif die?
(a) July.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment about “the disgusting social and military project that would come to bloom in Syria and Iraq like toxic desert dogbane” (77) offers an example of which of the following?

2. In what year does Sikander last meet Trump?

3. The comment that “he felt something strange in his chest, like a pounding on a distant drum” (7) offers an example of which of the following?

4. The term “zakat” refers to which of the following in the novel?

5. How much older than Trump is Sikander?

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