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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. In the comments “Sure, fine, yes, they had perpetrated evil and enslavement in their endless plunder of the Indian motherland since the early 1600s—but so what? Were we robots? Did we have to keep repeating the violence” (28), the pronoun “we” refers to which of the following?
(a) Muslims.
(b) Minnesotans.
(c) Pre-partition Indians.
(d) Americans.

2. The comment that “Abbottabad is a military town, a kind of Pakistani West Point” (69) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Conceit.

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

4. In which city was the narrator on Election Day 2016?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Houston.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

5. Who is President of the United States when “Overture: To America” begins?
(a) George W. Bush.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Barack Obama.
(d) George H.W. Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?

2. What time is Trump’s appointment with Sikander?

3. 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?

4. Whom does the narrator quote as saying “Never trust the artist. Trust the tale” (25)?

5. What color hijab does Ramla Awan wear?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what does the narrator report having seen the good in the United States during his youth?

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

5. What message does the narrator note is sent by the United States turning against Afghanistan and Iraq in the late 1980s and early 1990s?

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

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

8. What form does Latif’s bent towards charitable work take throughout his medical career?

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

10. 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?

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