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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Coda and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For which of the following presidential campaigns does Seema volunteer?
(a) Castro.
(b) Dean.
(c) Kuchinich.
(d) Sanders.

2. What is on the placard Bill carries at the protest where he meets Seema?
(a) Peace.
(b) Death.
(c) War.
(d) Life.

3. Which of the following singers does Tahera note Nafeesa likes?
(a) Farida Khanum.
(b) Begum Akhtar.
(c) Iqbal Bano.
(d) Abida Parveen.

4. Which of Wordsworth’s poems does Seema recite for her first competition?
(a) “Tintern Abbey.”
(b) “Composed upon Westminster Bridge.”
(c) “I wandered lonely as a cloud.”
(d) “The Solitary Reaper.”

5. With which of the following does Prelude end?
(a) “…her face flattened and blanched by unforgiving fluorescent light.”
(b) “…lying silenced on an operating table, toward my own beginning.”
(c) “…while rain patters against the windowpanes.”
(d) “…anything to keep us with the living.”

Short Answer Questions

1. As which of the following does the novel gloss “qabool”?

2. In which of the following newspapers is Ismail quoted?

3. Which of the following is on the menu for the celebratory meal for Seema’s friends?

4. Who is Amina’s favorite teacher?

5. What kind of tea does Tahera drink?

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