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

2. To which vice-president does the narrator compare Latif?
(a) Al Gore.
(b) Joe Biden.
(c) Dick Cheney.
(d) Mike Pence.

3. What profession had Sikander’s father held?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Laborer.
(c) Physician.
(d) Imam.

4. At what school did the narrator’s great aunt Asma teach?
(a) University of Connecticut.
(b) University of Vermont.
(c) Stanford University.
(d) Brown University.

5. Which of the following is the name of Muzzammil’s wife?
(a) Safiya.
(b) Asha.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Anjum.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year do the narrator’s parents meet?

2. The comment that “he felt something strange in his chest, like a pounding on a distant drum” (7) offers an example of which of the following?

3. What is the name of the driver Naseem hires to drive the narrator and Sikander?

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

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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