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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To which of the following is Ishraaq compared?
(a) Mithun Chakraborty.
(b) Ajay Devgn.
(c) Prithviraj Kapoor.
(d) Amitabh Bachchan.

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

4. Which of the following meanings associates with Seema’s name?
(a) Presentation.
(b) Front.
(c) Face.
(d) Forward.

5. Which of the following fruits does Seema note having bought to facilitate her mother?
(a) Grape.
(b) Tamarind.
(c) Papaya.
(d) Lime.

6. Which of the following meanings associates with Seema’s name?
(a) Expanse.
(b) Signpost.
(c) Frontier.
(d) Marker.

7. On which of the following does Leigh have a celebrity crush?
(a) Linda Park.
(b) Margaret Cho.
(c) Michelle Yeoh.
(d) Ming-na Wen.

8. With which of the following does One: 2010 begin?
(a) “I’m born of insecurity and need…”
(b) “Tahera came into my life barely a week ago.”
(c) “My to-be-father Bill, seven years ago, at thirty-four.”
(d) “At his home in Chennai…”

9. How old is Seema in 2010?
(a) 40.
(b) 35.
(c) 30.
(d) 45.

10. Of which surah is Tahera reminded as she prays near Union Square?
(a) Luqman.
(b) Al-Qiyamah.
(c) Ibrahim.
(d) An-Noor.

11. In which of the following does Leigh live?
(a) Daly City.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Brisbane.
(d) Oakland.

12. From which of the following does Imam Zia hail?
(a) Uzbekistan.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Bangladesh.

13. With which of the following groups is Seema associated?
(a) Khush.
(b) Satrang.
(c) Trikone.
(d) Invincible 2 Invincible.

14. Which of the following does Tahera note Arshad enjoys?
(a) Science.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Writing.
(d) History.

15. Which of the following degrees does Nafeesa hold?
(a) MA.
(b) MPhil.
(c) PhD.
(d) BA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Keats’s poems does Tahera favor?

2. On what day does Bill learn Seema is pregnant?

3. Which of the following organizations did Divya found?

4. From which of the following does Seema order takeout for Bill?

5. Which of the following do Nafeesa and Seema serve on the day Tahera arrives in San Francisco?

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