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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 the comments “Sure, fine, yes, they had perpetrated evil and enslavement in their endless plunder of the Indian motherland since the early 1600s—but so what? Were we robots? Did we have to keep repeating the violence” (28), the pronoun “we” refers to which of the following?
(a) Muslims.
(b) Pre-partition Indians.
(c) Minnesotans.
(d) Americans.

2. 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?
(a) Pre-partition Indians.
(b) Americans.
(c) Minnesotans.
(d) Muslims.

3. What meal did Sikander have with Trump at Fresco by Scotto?
(a) Veal parmigiana.
(b) Linguini alfredo.
(c) Lasagna.
(d) Spaghetti and meatballs.

4. In what year do the narrator’s parents meet?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1966.

5. To which of the following did Sikander take his family camping?
(a) The Appalachians.
(b) The Adirondacks.
(c) The Davis Mountains.
(d) The Tetons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What award does Sikander win for a second time after ending his real estate endeavors?

2. Of which of the following did the Akhtars have framed photos from travel?

3. Which of the following invitations to speak about his play does the narrator report refusing?

4. In what year does the narrator note Malala received a Nobel prize?

5. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?

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