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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following refers to Moroni as “the finest mind of her generation” (xiii)?
(a) Norman Mailer.
(b) Doc Brown.
(c) Norman O’Brien.
(d) Norman O. Brown.

2. 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) Chiasmus.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Rhyme.
(d) Alliteration.

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

4. In what year is the narrator born?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1970.

5. In what year does Latif die?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1997.

6. Rooh Afza lassi is which of the following?
(a) An unflavored squash beverage.
(b) A vanilla-flavored squash beverage.
(c) A rose-flavored squash beverage.
(d) A rose-flavored dairy beverage.

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

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

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

10. Which of the following does the narrator’s uncle Naseem cite “as proof of his point about the fundamental military basis of great leadership” (76)?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Hayes.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Grant.

11. In the novel, how is it reported that Trump prefers his steaks?
(a) Well-done.
(b) Rare.
(c) Medium.
(d) Blue rare.

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

13. What profession does Muzzammil follow?
(a) Neurologist.
(b) Street musician.
(c) Electrical engineer.
(d) Biochemist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which vice-president does the narrator compare Latif?

3. Which writer does the narrator remark “would not be surprised” at the ascent of Trump (23)?

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

5. 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?

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