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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. What does Mr. Hamilton accuse Millat of lying about?
(a) His mother's native country.
(b) How often he brushes his teeth.
(c) Where he lives.
(d) His father's army experience.

2. What is all over the walls inside the building where Samad and Archie sleep?
(a) Stencils.
(b) Words written by dying townspeople.
(c) Bright yellow paint.
(d) Paintings by a famous artist.

3. What is Alsana wearing on her head that Samad makes fun of?
(a) One of Clara's Jamaican scarves.
(b) One of her son's baseball caps.
(c) Curlers.
(d) Sunglasses.

4. What falls on Magid in a mosque and breaks his nose?
(a) A piece of the ceiling.
(b) A vase.
(c) A stack of books.
(d) A statue.

5. During the hurricane, what is hurled against the Iqbals' house?
(a) A lawnmower.
(b) The car.
(c) Their neighbor's door.
(d) Their shed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What delay in Clara's life allows her mother to meet Ryan?

2. What is Clara Bowden's one imperfection?

3. What sport did Archie compete in at the Olympics?

4. What injury does Clara sustain in the bike accident?

5. What major event have Archie and Samad missed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Samad reveal to Archie about his upcoming marriage?

2. What changes does Clara begin to notice in Ryan after he meets her mother?

3. How does the Pakistani community react to Magid's having been sent away?

4. Why does Samad arrive in Harlesden fifteen minutes early?

5. Who is Mad Mary?

6. What is Shiva's reaction to Samad's admission that he has fallen for an English woman?

7. Describe the appearance of Millat's Crew.

8. Describe the conditions in which Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal met.

9. Why does Samad have to make up the name of a holiday for Poppy Burt-Jones?

10. What is Samad's rationale for driving off into the country with the prisoner and eventually killing him?

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