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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters VI and VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Sikander give as a reason Trump was a preferable candidate for office?
(a) Lower taxes.
(b) More compassion.
(c) Lower taxes.
(d) Greater freedom of travel.

2. Which of the following countries is represented among the medical students who observe the narrator’s treatment for syphilis?
(a) Cote d'Ivoire.
(b) NIger.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Burkina Faso.

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)?
(a) A “blush.”
(b) A “surge.”
(c) A “throbbing.”
(d) A “swelling.”

4. Which of the following euphemistic labels does the narrator apply to syphilis?
(a) The French Disease.
(b) The Spanish Flu.
(c) The Great Pretender.
(d) The Private Problem.

5. In what program is the student who complained to the administration that Moroni was speaking against the troops by questioning Desert Storm?
(a) MBA.
(b) ROTC.
(c) MFA.
(d) PharmD.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What profession had Sikander’s father held?

3. 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?

4. Where does the narrator report wanting to give blood on 11 September 2001?

5. The term “zamindar” refers to which of the following in the novel?

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