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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What day of the week does the narrator note was 11 September 2001?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Thursday.

5. Which of the following does the narrator report attended his play?
(a) Atef Haifa.
(b) Aziz Ansari.
(c) Salman Rushdie.
(d) Yusuf Islam.

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

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

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

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

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

11. Where do the mittens the narrator wears after his syphilis treatment originate?
(a) Greenland.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Norway.
(d) Iceland.

12. How long does the narrator report being in a relationship with Asha?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 4 months.

13. On what day of the week does the narrator’s car break down?
(a) Monday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Wednesday.

14. Where does the narrator report that Rind’s father first tried to open a mosque?
(a) New York City.
(b) Trenton.
(c) Wilkes-Barre.
(d) Scranton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator report is his blood type?

2. What kind of gloves does the narrator wear to the emergency room?

3. What investment company does Rind found in which the narrator invests?

4. Which of the following does the narrator use to describe his own skin tone (194)?

5. The term “latrinalia” carries which of the following meanings in the novel?

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