1. How much is the initial estimate for the repair to the narrator’s car in Scranton?
(a) $2,500.
(b) $3,300.
(c) $1,700.
(d) $900.

2. 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) Johnson.
(b) Hayes.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Grant.

3. What does the narrator assert is the location of the New Khalwati Order?
(a) Broadway.
(b) Reade Street.
(c) Duane Street.
(d) Forty-Second Street.

4. Which of the following does the narrator report attended his play?
(a) Aziz Ansari.
(b) Salman Rushdie.
(c) Yusuf Islam.
(d) Atef Haifa.

5. How much money does Sikander lose at baccarat in Atlantic City?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $2,500.
(c) $7,500.
(d) $10,000.

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. Which of the following does the narrator receive as a gift for his forty-second birthday?

3. In what year does Fatima die?

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

5. Rooh Afza lassi is which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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