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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?
(a) Black Skin, White Masks.
(b) The Wretched of the Earth.
(c) A Dying Colonialism.
(d) Year Five of the Algerian Revolution.

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

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

4. The comment that “Difficulty had been the flint stone against which her powers of analysis were sharpened” (xvi) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Analogy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year do the narrator’s parents meet?

2. 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?

3. In what year does the narrator note Malala received a Nobel prize?

4. In the novel, how is it reported that Trump prefers his steaks?

5. Of which of the following did the Akhtars have framed photos from travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator cite as major disagreements his mother has with the idea of American exceptionalism that his father espouses?

2. What writerly insight does the narrator report having had regarding the 2016 presidential election?

3. Aside from medical appointments, what contact does Sikander have with Trump?

4. What does Sikander comment to Latif that he cannot do in Pakistan that he can do in the United States, and why does he say he cannot do it there?

5. Why does Sikander rail against Naseem after he and the narrator leave Abbottabad?

6. What reasons does the narrator give for wanting to avoid a detailed account of his father’s infatuation with Trump?

7. What does the narrator come to learn is the intent behind questions about whether his play is autobiographical?

8. In what properties does Sikander invest when he tries to break into real estate?

9. What reasons does the narrator give for surprise at Sikander soliciting prostitution?

10. What does the narrator note was necessary for him to understand the comments Moroni makes in her class and her letter (xvi-xvii)?

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