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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. Who is President of the United States when “Overture: To America” begins?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) George H.W. Bush.
(d) Barack Obama.

2. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?
(a) Year Five of the Algerian Revolution.
(b) Black Skin, White Masks.
(c) A Dying Colonialism.
(d) The Wretched of the Earth.

3. What time is Trump’s appointment with Sikander?
(a) Nine in the morning.
(b) Six in the evening.
(c) Eight in the morning.
(d) Eight in the evening.

4. The term “zakat” refers to which of the following in the novel?
(a) Money to be distributed to the poor.
(b) Money to be given to the state.
(c) Money to be invested in stocks.
(d) Money to be put into savings.

5. In what year is the narrator born?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1973.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The term “paaya” refers to which of the following?

4. How does the character in the narrator’s play describe “something unexpected and unwelcome, a sense of pride” after the 11 September 2001 attacks (24)?

5. The comment that “Abbottabad is a military town, a kind of Pakistani West Point” (69) offers an example of which of the following?

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