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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 many emails did Professor Herman get protesting his decision to teach The Satanic Verses?
(a) 186.
(b) 331.
(c) 484.
(d) 279.

2. When Anvar heard his mother sing for the first time, in what language did he think she was singing?
(a) Punjabi or Sindhi.
(b) Saraiki.
(c) Urdu.
(d) Balochi or Gujari.

3. What is the name of Zuha's friend who wears a hijab that Anvar does not like?
(a) Bushra.
(b) Shabana.
(c) Abir.
(d) Farah.

4. What did the last tenant who had the apartment Hafeez Bhai rents Anvar complain about?
(a) Mold.
(b) Gas smell.
(c) Broken windows.
(d) Thin walls.

5. Where did the school friend live who Imtiaz consulted when he wanted to leave Pakistan?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Colorado.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Anvar transfer in his third year of college?

2. How much money did Naani always carry in her purse?

3. When Qais returns in "Safwa," to where does he have a visa?

4. What was the only book Anvar owned when he was in Pakistan?

5. What game did Anvar play and lose with Naani Jaan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shabana, president of the Muslim Students Association, want Anvar to do?

2. Why do Safwa and her brother call their father Abu?

3. Who comes to Anvar's dorm room and why on page 75?

4. How and when does Safwa's mother die?

5. What happens when Qais comes to Abu and Azza's apartment and will not go away?

6. What does Dr. Yousef arrange for Safwa?

7. Why does Safwa not make an effort to belong with the people she is living with?

8. How has Anvar been training to become an American his whole life?

9. What happens to the goat Baba Adam has for Eid?

10. Who was Mikey, and what was his purpose?

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