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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Front Matter and Chapter I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Sikander last meet Trump?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1993.

2. At what time on Election Day does the narrator call his father?
(a) Half past noon.
(b) Half past six in the evening.
(c) Half past three in the afternoon.
(d) Half past ten at night.

3. How much older than Trump is Sikander?
(a) One year.
(b) Five years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Ten years.

4. What admonition does Moroni offer the narrator in her letter to him following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?
(a) “An ye harm none, do what you will.”
(b) “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
(c) “Use the difficulty; make it your own.”
(d) “Don’t let the jerks get you down.”

5. The comment that “Difficulty had been the flint stone against which her powers of analysis were sharpened” (xvi) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the narrator report winning a Pulitzer?

2. In what year does Sikander first meet Trump?

3. Which of the following phrases does the narrator use to describe Trump’s ascendancy (23)?

4. Who is President of the United States when “Overture: To America” begins?

5. In what year does Fatima die?

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