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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Chapter VIII and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator footnote as a Muslim hygienic practice?
(a) Hairless chins.
(b) Hairless armpits.
(c) Hairy chests.
(d) Hairless legs.

2. Where does the narrator report that Rind’s father moved after the death of his daughter?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Arizona.
(d) California.

3. Which of the following polka artists does the narrator note his mother dislikes?
(a) Romy Gosz.
(b) Al Yankovic.
(c) Jimmy Sturr.
(d) Brave Combo.

4. The phrase “sweet and clean, like mountain water” (184) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

5. The sentence “The personal theme for the period ahead was embodiment; if life was a school, it was time to take the curriculum” (185) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does the narrator receive as a gift for his forty-second birthday?

3. About which of the following groups does the narrator’s taxi driver in Scranton wax nostalgic?

4. 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?

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

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