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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. Whom does the narrator quote as saying “Never trust the artist. Trust the tale” (25)?
(a) T.E. Lawrence.
(b) D.H. Lawrence.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) George Eliot.

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

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

4. Which of the following invitations to speak about his play does the narrator report refusing?
(a) Fox and Friends.
(b) Sesame Street.
(c) Nightline.
(d) The Daily Show.

5. Which of the following refers to Moroni as “the finest mind of her generation” (xiii)?
(a) Norman O’Brien.
(b) Norman O. Brown.
(c) Norman Mailer.
(d) Doc Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which of the following invitations to speak about his play does the narrator report refusing?

3. What meal did Sikander have with Trump at Fresco by Scotto?

4. To which of the following did Sikander take his family camping?

5. The term “zakat” refers to which of the following in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What struggles does Moroni cite as “fires beneath her crucible” in her letter to the narrator following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?

4. What conspiracies does the narrator note hearing voiced while visiting family in Abbottabad in 2008?

5. With what events listed in the novel’s chronology is Trump involved?

6. To what causes does the narrator ascribe the British decision to afford India and Pakistan independence?

7. What, other than seeing Latif, does the narrator note softened his mother’s demeanor?

8. What reasons does the narrator give for his mother not watching the news?

9. How does Asma define the Nero complex?

10. What does Fatima expect will be Anjum’s fate, and what actually does happen to Anjum?

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