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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the narrator report paying for transcripts of the depositions in Rind’s investment company’s court case?
(a) $7,300.
(b) $9,700.
(c) $8,900.
(d) $8,100.

2. What is the name of the investigating agent who asks the narrator about Rind’s investment company?
(a) Watkinson.
(b) Watkins.
(c) Waller.
(d) Walter.

3. The term “latrinalia” carries which of the following meanings in the novel?
(a) Old Roman words.
(b) Bathroom writing.
(c) Toilet paper.
(d) Indoor plumbing.

4. Near what water is the resort the narrator reports his parents visit?
(a) Great Lakes.
(b) Lake Pontchartrain.
(c) Lake Champlain.
(d) Finger Lakes.

5. In what year does the narrator meet Asha?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2014.

6. Which of the following does the narrator use to describe Asha’s skin tone (194)?
(a) Pekoe and turmeric.
(b) Steamed cinnamon.
(c) Burnished bronze.
(d) Tarnished-penny.

7. In what location does the narrator meet Asha?
(a) The Masonic Temple.
(b) The VFW.
(c) The Harvard Club.
(d) The Yale Club.

8. What make and model of car does the narrator report having break down on him?
(a) Saab 900.
(b) Chevy Impala.
(c) Audi 5000.
(d) Lincoln Town Car.

9. Where does the narrator report wanting to give blood on 11 September 2001?
(a) St. Vincent's.
(b) St. Jude's.
(c) St. Olaf's.
(d) St. Francis's.

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

11. In what year does the narrator meet Rind?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2014.

12. Which of the following words does Rind’s research indicate people in the United States associate with Islam (138)?
(a) Sand.
(b) Love.
(c) Death.
(d) Life.

13. Which of the following countries is represented among the medical students who observe the narrator’s treatment for syphilis?
(a) Ghana.
(b) Cote d'Ivoire.
(c) Burkina Faso.
(d) NIger.

14. In what state does Jacobs grow up?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Alabama.

15. How much money does the narrator note receiving from selling his shares in Rind’s investment company?
(a) $2.5 million.
(b) $1 million.
(c) $7.5 million.
(d) $5 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which of the following does the narrator procure a cross?

2. Which of the following flowers does the narrator report that Rind displays in his home?

3. How much are the narrator’s shares in Rind’s investment company worth when he sells them?

4. 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?

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

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