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

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

3. In what year does the narrator report winning a Pulitzer?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2014.
(d) 2011.

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

5. Of which of the following did the Akhtars have framed photos from travel?
(a) The Roosevelts’ birthplace.
(b) The Kennedys’ birthplace.
(c) The Trumps’ birthplace.
(d) The Clintons’ birthplace.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Sikander last meet Trump?

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)?

3. 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)?

4. At what school did the narrator’s great aunt Asma teach?

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

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