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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Chapter VIII and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year does the narrator report winning a Pulitzer?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2014.
(d) 2011.

3. In what year do the Awan’s move to Peshawar?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1984.

4. Which of the following does the narrator receive as a gift for his forty-second birthday?
(a) A page of Much Ado about Nothing from the First Folio.
(b) A page of The Merchant of Venice from the Second Folio.
(c) A page of The Merchant of Venice from the First Folio.
(d) A page of Much Ado about Nothing from the Second Folio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following medications does the narrator’s mother use to ease the pain of her terminal cancer?

2. Which of the following does the narrator report attended his play?

3. What position does Sikander take on after ending his real estate endeavors?

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

5. The comment that “the man seemed to be turning into an imbecile, his hodgepodge views like mental flatulence, one fetid odor after another” (16) offers an example of which of the following?

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