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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year do the narrator’s parents meet?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1962.

2. What award does the narrator note his play receives?
(a) Nobel.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Pulitzer.
(d) TOny.

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

4. In what grade is the narrator in 1979?
(a) Second.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Third.
(d) Fifth.

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

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

7. The term “paaya” refers to which of the following?
(a) Pickled feet.
(b) Hoof stew.
(c) Shredded beef.
(d) Cold broth.

8. The comment that “the man seemed to be turning into an imbecile, his hodgepodge views like mental flatulence, one fetid odor after another” (16) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Conceit.

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

10. What time is Trump’s appointment with Sikander?
(a) Eight in the morning.
(b) Six in the evening.
(c) Nine in the morning.
(d) Eight in the evening.

11. What lines does the narrator report taking into his play (50)?
(a) “Taking what we have. Oil, land. Treating us like animals.”
(b) “He’s right. They deserve what they got. And what they’re going to get.”
(c) “They run around telling everyone else about human rights. But not for them. Look how they treat their own blacks.”
(d) “Turning us against each other. Making us spill each other’s blood. Just like the British.”

12. What is the name of the driver’s son whom Sikander treats?
(a) Obama.
(b) Hazrat Ali.
(c) Zayd.
(d) Osama.

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

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

15. In what year does the narrator report winning a Pulitzer?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2014.
(d) 2011.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?

3. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?

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

5. In what year does Sikander sit for a real estate investment seminar?

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