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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. How does Tahera greet the halal butcher from whom she buys goat and chicken?
(a) Salaam.
(b) Assalamau Alaikum!
(c) I would buy from you.
(d) Hello.

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

3. In which of the following had Bill lived with Mame?
(a) Oakland.
(b) Brisbane.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Daly City.

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

5. Which of the following does the novel translate as “live long and prosper” (269)?
(a) Qapla’!
(b) Jeete raho.
(c) Aapakee umr lambee ho aur aap samrddh bane.
(d) Dif-tor heh smusma.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month is the protest where Bill meets Seema?

2. With which of the following does Two: 2003-2008 begin?

3. At which school does Bill earn his undergraduate degree?

4. From what condition do Seema and Ishraaq suffer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jemaal propose to vandalize a Baptist church?

2. For what does Ishraaq decide to be grateful to Naeemullah?

3. How does Nafeesa compensate Tahera for awarding her wedding saree to Seema?

4. What occupation does Bill have when he meets Seema?

5. What initially attracts Bill to supporting Obama?

6. How does Bill threaten Seema when he calls on her at Nafeesa’s behest?

7. How does Bill note Mame would have shown her disapproval of his actions?

8. Why is Arshad prohibited from playing soccer at his mosque?

9. How does Nafeesa note Tahera built up her medical practice?

10. Of what does Keats assert the soul is made, per the novel?

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