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

2. The comment that “Abbottabad is a military town, a kind of Pakistani West Point” (69) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

3. How many first cousins does the narrator report having?
(a) 22.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

4. What is the name of the psychic Asha consults?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Clio.
(c) Shawnté.
(d) Theresa.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The comment about “the disgusting social and military project that would come to bloom in Syria and Iraq like toxic desert dogbane” (77) offers an example of which of the following?

3. Where does the narrator report that Rind’s father first tried to open a mosque?

4. How high a fever does the narrator report running when he dreams of Muhammad in Punjab?

5. In what year does the narrator report winning a Pulitzer?

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