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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 11, who are the characters in a story that Amal reads to Safa and Rabia?
2. In Chapter 4, how many weeks early is Amal's mother when she delivers her baby?
3. What is the staircase made of in Chapter 16?
4. How many days does Jawad Sahib give Malik to think over his proposition in Chapter 13?
5. In Chapter 12, where do Omar, Seema, and Amal gather to talk about what Jawad Sahib might do?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 2, what is being built and what is the building rumored to be?
2. In Chapter 20, what does Nabila do and blame Amal?
3. At the end of Chapter 6, what does the house look like?
4. In Chapter 11, what does Malik tell Amal she should have done after Jawad Sahib hit her with his car?
5. What happens to Amal in Chapter 10?
6. In Chapter 1, what bad news does Miss Sadia have for her class, and what will they do about it?
7. What did the Khan family do when the people of Hazarabad rebelled?
8. Who is Omar, and why does Amal's mother not want them to do things together any more?
9. What does Nabila do when Amal is getting the breakfast tray ready for Nasreen in Chapter 19?
10. In Chapter 7, how is Mehnaz doing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Amal thinks that her mother is sick because she is sad that she had a daughter. What does Mehnaz tell Amal about how she feels after a baby is born? Why was Amal deceived by her mother’s illness into thinking that not having a son made Mehnaz very sick?
Essay Topic 2
As people talk about Amal’s baby sister, they keep saying it is too bad she is a girl. Why is it so important for families to have sons? What is revealed about male superiority in Pakistan through the birth of Amal’s baby sister?
Essay Topic 3
Amal’s life changes after the baby is born. How does Amal’s life change? How does she cope and make do with the changes?
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