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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator’s deceased older brother?
(a) Danyal.
(b) Imtiaz.
(c) Yusuf.
(d) Atef.

2. What does the narrator report is his blood type?
(a) O negative.
(b) O positive.
(c) AB positive.
(d) AB negative.

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

4. The phrase “his laugh like a witch’s cackle” (202) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Simile.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Metaphor.

5. Which of the following does the narrator call “the last of [his mother’s] edible pleasures” (217)?
(a) Ghee.
(b) Laddoo.
(c) Naan.
(d) Pakora.

6. What is the name of the psychic Asha consults?
(a) Clio.
(b) Theresa.
(c) Shawnté.
(d) Nancy.

7. How much money does Fatima leave to the narrator upon her death?
(a) $150,000.
(b) $0.
(c) $300,000.
(d) $75,000.

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

9. Which of the following does the narrator footnote as a Muslim hygienic practice?
(a) Brushing hair.
(b) Brushing teeth.
(c) Braided beards.
(d) Brushing clothes.

10. Which of the following institutions does the narrator report Asha attended?
(a) Loyola University.
(b) University of St. Francis.
(c) University of Chicago.
(d) DePaul University.

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

12. At which of the following schools does the narrator remark Bork taught?
(a) American University.
(b) Yale.
(c) Georgetown.
(d) Harvard.

13. Which of the following does the narrator report meeting as an executive of Rind’s foundation?
(a) Chelsea Clinton.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Hillary Clinton.
(d) George Clinton.

14. Which of the following medications does the narrator’s mother use to ease the pain of her terminal cancer?
(a) Tylenol III.
(b) Fentanyl.
(c) Codeine.
(d) Vicodin.

15. What chemical does the narrator report in a footnote is found in the water of Zamzam?
(a) Chlorine.
(b) Arsenic.
(c) Cyanide.
(d) Fluoride.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the investigating agent who asks the narrator about Rind’s investment company?

2. Which of the following does the narrator report attended his play?

3. Whom does the narrator report is the Pulitzer-winning author of The Looming Tower?

4. In what year does the narrator report Asha’s father became a citizen of the United States?

5. Which of the following does the narrator report meeting as an executive of Rind’s foundation?

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