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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. What color hijab does Ramla Awan wear?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.
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?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.
3. Outside which town does the driver Naseem hires live?
(a) Islamabad.
(b) Hasan Abdal.
(c) Taxila.
(d) Wah Cantt.
4. What profession had Sikander’s father held?
(a) Physician.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Laborer.
(d) Imam.
5. Who is President of the United States when “Overture: To America” begins?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) George H.W. Bush.
(c) Barack Obama.
(d) George W. Bush.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the driver Naseem hires to drive the narrator and Sikander?
2. To which vice-president does the narrator compare Latif?
3. What meal did Sikander have with Trump at Fresco by Scotto?
4. The comment that “the man seemed to be turning into an imbecile, his hodgepodge views like mental flatulence, one fetid odor after another” (16) offers an example of which of the following?
5. In what hospital does Sikander examine Trump for Brugada syndrome?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does the narrator give for surprise at Sikander soliciting prostitution?
2. What does the narrator report valuing in Whitman when he read him initially (xvii)?
3. What form does Latif’s bent towards charitable work take throughout his medical career?
4. What does the narrator come to learn is the intent behind questions about whether his play is autobiographical?
5. How does Asma define the Nero complex?
6. What message does the narrator note is sent by the United States turning against Afghanistan and Iraq in the late 1980s and early 1990s?
7. With what events listed in the novel’s chronology is Trump involved?
8. In what properties does Sikander invest when he tries to break into real estate?
9. What writerly insight does the narrator report having had regarding the 2016 presidential election?
10. What does the narrator cite as major disagreements his mother has with the idea of American exceptionalism that his father espouses?
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