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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. What auto repair company does the narrator use to have his car fixed?
(a) Marek Auto Repair.
(b) Alamo Paint and Body.
(c) Clark’s Summit Garage.
(d) Scranton Engine Works.

2. Which of the following countries is represented among the medical students who observe the narrator’s treatment for syphilis?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) China.
(c) Korea.
(d) Mongolia.

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

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

5. Whom does the narrator quote as saying “Never trust the artist. Trust the tale” (25)?
(a) D.H. Lawrence.
(b) George Eliot.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) T.E. Lawrence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Sikander take on after ending his real estate endeavors?

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. What admonition does Moroni offer the narrator in her letter to him following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?

4. Who is President of the United States when “Overture: To America” begins?

5. How much money does the narrator note receiving from selling his shares in Rind’s investment company?

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