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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does Two: 2003-2008 begin?
(a) “I’m born of insecurity and need…”
(b) “My to-be-father Bill, seven years ago, at thirty-four.”
(c) “At his home in Chennai…”
(d) “Tahera came into my life barely a week ago.”

2. For whom had Seema moved to Boston?
(a) Divya.
(b) Ann.
(c) Reshmi.
(d) Leigh.

3. Which of the following orders issuance of same-sex marriage licenses?
(a) Biden.
(b) Newsom.
(c) Clinton.
(d) Harris.

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

5. Which of the following accompanies Bill and Seema when they marry?
(a) Josh.
(b) Leigh.
(c) Fiaz.
(d) Divya.

6. Which of the following is on the menu for the celebratory meal for Seema’s friends?
(a) Mutton biryani.
(b) Amritsari fish.
(c) Goat roganjosh.
(d) Tandoori chicken.

7. How many flights of stairs stand between Seema’s home and the rooftop?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

8. Which of the following does Bill prepare for his first dinner with Seema?
(a) Cornbread.
(b) Gumbo.
(c) Grits.
(d) Black-eyed peas.

9. In what month is the protest where Bill meets Seema?
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) May.
(d) March.

10. Which of the following roles does Seema recall Reshmi played?
(a) Bahar.
(b) Salim.
(c) Anarkali.
(d) Akbar.

11. With which of the following does Two: 2003-2008 end?
(a) “…lying silenced on an operating table, toward my own beginning.”
(b) “…while rain patters against the windowpanes.”
(c) “…her face flattened and blanched by unforgiving fluorescent light.”
(d) “…anything to keep us with the living.”

12. Which of the following is cited in the novel as supporting Prop 8?
(a) The Southern Baptist Church.
(b) The Mormon Church.
(c) The Pastafarian Church.
(d) The Catholic Church.

13. As which of the following does the novel gloss “qabool”?
(a) I do.
(b) I do not.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

14. What was Bill’s father’s listed cause of death?
(a) Ruptured appendix.
(b) Exsanguination.
(c) Asphyxiation.
(d) Blunt force trauma.

15. What name does the gulmohar tree carry?
(a) Lamp of the Woods.
(b) First among Lumber.
(c) Crown of the Trees.
(d) Flame of the Forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following languages can Seema work?

2. Which of the following is noted as Mame’s favorite libation?

3. At which grocery store is Fiaz exposed to Tahera?

4. In what year of his undergraduate studies does Bill lose his grandfather?

5. What diminutive does Tahera use for her daughter’s name?

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