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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. Outside which town does the driver Naseem hires live?
(a) Taxila.
(b) Wah Cantt.
(c) Islamabad.
(d) Hasan Abdal.

2. 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) Analogy.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Conceit.

3. What admonition does Moroni offer the narrator in her letter to him following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?
(a) “An ye harm none, do what you will.”
(b) “Use the difficulty; make it your own.”
(c) “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
(d) “Don’t let the jerks get you down.”

4. How does the character in the narrator’s play describe “something unexpected and unwelcome, a sense of pride” after the 11 September 2001 attacks (24)?
(a) A “surge.”
(b) A “throbbing.”
(c) A “swelling.”
(d) A “blush.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment that “The Raj was the jewel in His Majesty’s crown” (27) offers an example of which of the following?

2. In what year does Sikander first meet Trump?

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

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

5. How much older than Trump is Sikander?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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