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

2. The comment that “he felt something strange in his chest, like a pounding on a distant drum” (7) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Rhyme.

3. Outside which town does the driver Naseem hires live?
(a) Hasan Abdal.
(b) Wah Cantt.
(c) Taxila.
(d) Islamabad.

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

5. 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)?
(a) Grant.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Hayes.
(d) Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Sikander give as a reason Trump was a preferable candidate for office?

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

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

5. In what year does the narrator report starting to write the book?

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