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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the narrator report starting to write the book?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2017.
(c) 2018.
(d) 2015.

2. The comment that “the man seemed to be turning into an imbecile, his hodgepodge views like mental flatulence, one fetid odor after another” (16) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

3. In which city does Latif secure a position after first coming to the United States?
(a) Atlantic City.
(b) Newark.
(c) New York City.
(d) Trenton.

4. What award does the narrator note his play receives?
(a) Nobel.
(b) TOny.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Pulitzer.

5. Which of the following does the narrator report meeting at Rind’s foundation events?
(a) Elif Shafak.
(b) Hafsa Hossein.
(c) Mariam Meriha.
(d) Huma Abedin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following flowers does the narrator report that Rind displays in his home?

2. Which of the following does the narrator report meeting as an executive of Rind’s foundation?

3. How much debt does the narrator remark he is carrying when he puts his car in for repair in Scranton?

4. 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?

5. Where is the narrator born?

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