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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The term “zakat” refers to which of the following in the novel?
(a) Money to be put into savings.
(b) Money to be given to the state.
(c) Money to be distributed to the poor.
(d) Money to be invested in stocks.

2. How long is the letter Moroni writes the narrator following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?
(a) 1 page.
(b) 5 pages.
(c) 2 pages.
(d) 10 pages.

3. To which of the following did Sikander take his family camping?
(a) The Appalachians.
(b) The Davis Mountains.
(c) The Tetons.
(d) The Adirondacks.

4. In what year does Sikander last meet Trump?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1993.

5. Of which of the following did the Akhtars have framed photos from travel?
(a) Monticello.
(b) Locust Grove.
(c) Mount Vernon.
(d) Fallingwater.

6. What meal did Sikander have with Trump at Fresco by Scotto?
(a) Linguini alfredo.
(b) Spaghetti and meatballs.
(c) Veal parmigiana.
(d) Lasagna.

7. Which of the following is the name of Muzzammil’s wife?
(a) Asha.
(b) Safiya.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Anjum.

8. Which of the following invitations to speak about his play does the narrator report refusing?
(a) Nightline.
(b) The Daily Show.
(c) Sesame Street.
(d) Fox and Friends.

9. To which vice-president does the narrator compare Latif?
(a) Joe Biden.
(b) Al Gore.
(c) Mike Pence.
(d) Dick Cheney.

10. In what year does the narrator note Malala received a Nobel prize?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2014.
(d) 2012.

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

12. The comment about “his ceaselessly shifting emotions, his evasions and avowals and disavowals, the steady shedding of his civility” (14) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Rhyme.
(d) Chiasmus.

13. What profession had Sikander’s father held?
(a) Laborer.
(b) Physician.
(c) Imam.
(d) Soldier.

14. At what time on Election Day does the narrator call his father?
(a) Half past ten at night.
(b) Half past noon.
(c) Half past three in the afternoon.
(d) Half past six in the evening.

15. What position does Sikander take on after ending his real estate endeavors?
(a) Professor of clinical cardiology.
(b) Professor of clinical psychology.
(c) Professor emeritus.
(d) Private practice physician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What award does Sikander win for a second time after ending his real estate endeavors?

2. To whom does the narrator ascribe the comments in his play that seem to praise or justify the 11 September 2001 attacks?

3. What is the name of the driver Naseem hires to drive the narrator and Sikander?

4. The comment that “The Prophet’s Safiya was supposedly a very beautiful woman, which is not exactly what I would have said of the Safiya I knew, at least not before saying other things about her” (55) offers an example of which of the following?

5. 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?

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