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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 Isma do every morning at 11 a.m.?
(a) Call Aneeka and tell her about boy troubles.
(b) Wait for Parviaz to text her on Whatsapp.
(c) Read books until Eamonn comes join her.
(d) Look for Parviaz's name to disappear off Skype and Aneeka to text her.

2. Where did Eamonn grow up?
(a) West London.
(b) High Road.
(c) King's Cross.
(d) Ealing Road.

3. Who does Eamonn remind Isma of when she first sees him in Chapter One?
(a) Pakistani movie star Imran Abbas.
(b) Her old crush from high school.
(c) Karamat Lone.
(d) Her father.

4. What is the song Eamonn starts to sing in Chapter Two?
(a) "The Book of Love" by The Magnetic Fields.
(b) "Dil Dil Pakistan" by Vital Signs
(c) A Pakistani song about the joys of being comfortable with one another.
(d) A Pakistani song in praise of fair-skinned girls.

5. Who is Eamonn's ex-girlfriend?
(a) Alice, an HR worker.
(b) Andrea, a school teacher.
(c) Alexa, a robot.
(d) Alice, a PR worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Alice now dating?

2. What book is Isma reading in the cafe in Chapter One?

3. What does Eamonn do in Chapter Four when he learns about Parviaz's leaving?

4. What does Dr. Shah say the Quran says about sex?

5. What is Isma going to Amherst for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Eamonn sees Aneeka take a Skype call in Chapter Three?

2. What does Eamonn see Aneeka doing in the morning in Chapter Three? What does she respond when he asks?

3. What does Isma do physically when she sees Parvaiz's name on Skype in Chapter One? What does she think of?

4. What did Isma and Aneeka do the night Parviaz left?

5. What does Aneeka find out from Aunty Naseem in Chapter Two, and how does she react?

6. What does Karamat Lone say in his speech to a largely Muslim school?

7. What shifts the balance between Aneeka and Eamonn's relationship in Chapter Three?

8. How is Aneeka described through Isma's memories in Chapter One?

9. In Chapter Two, what does Eamonn say fathers are for sons?

10. How does touch make Isma closer to Aneeka than Parvaiz?

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