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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 position does Sikander take on after ending his real estate endeavors?
(a) Professor of clinical psychology.
(b) Private practice physician.
(c) Professor of clinical cardiology.
(d) Professor emeritus.

2. How much older than Trump is Sikander?
(a) Five years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

3. Which of the following invitations to speak about his play does the narrator report refusing?
(a) Bill Nye’s show.
(b) Larry King’s show.
(c) David Letterman’s show.
(d) Bill Maher’s show.

4. What is the name of the driver’s son whom Sikander treats?
(a) Hazrat Ali.
(b) Zayd.
(c) Obama.
(d) Osama.

5. In what year do the narrator’s parents meet?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Latif die?

2. In which city does Latif secure a position after first coming to the United States?

3. Which of the following refers to Moroni as “the finest mind of her generation” (xiii)?

4. In which city does Sikander secure a position after first coming to the United States?

5. What lines does the narrator report taking into his play (50)?

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

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

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

5. What parallels does the narrator draw between his father and Trump when initially discussing their first meeting?

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

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

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

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

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

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