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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. What does Fatima show Amal in Chapter 27?

2. In Chapter 25, how far is the market from the Khan estate?

3. In Chapter 29, what does Hamid make the servants to eat?

4. What did Jawad do when Amal returned in Chapter 26?

5. How many police officers arrive in Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fozia want Amal to do and why in Chapter 35?

2. In Chapter 26, what does Amal find when she leaves the estate?

3. How does Jawad react when Amal is gone in Chapter 26?

4. In Chapter 38, what does Amal bring back for Fatima, and what do they do together?

5. What does Asif try to teach Amal, and what does she tell him she has already learned?

6. What does Amal do when police officers come to the estate in Chapter 28?

7. In Chapter 31, what advice does Nabila give Amal?

8. In Chapter 36, why is it decided that Amal will go to the literacy center?

9. What does Nabila tell Amal about their debt in Chapter 24?

10. In Chapter 27 what advice does Mumtaz give Amal and Nabila?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nabila is Nasreen’s maidservant before Amal arrives. How does Nabila feel when Amal becomes Nasreen’s maidservant? Why is Nabila jealous and how does that influence her actions?

Essay Topic 2

Amal is allowed to go home for a wedding. Why does Amal feel torn by the visit home? Why is the visit poignant for her?

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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