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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 Karamat call Eamonn when he learns about Aneeka being Parviaz's twin?

2. In Chapter Three, what does Aneeka say must happen for her and Eamonn to continue seeing one another?

3. Why do the Pashas not learn more about Adil Pasha's death?

4. What is the nickname for Karamat Lone?

5. Where did Eamonn grow up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Eamonn's reaction to Isma telling him about her father in Chapter Two?

4. In Chapter Three, what does Aneeka tell Eamonn she think about his father?

5. Why does Aneeka tell Eamonn she got into the tube with him? Why does she say she fell in love with him?

6. Why does Isma decide to tell Eamonn of her family's history in Chapter Two?

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

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

9. How does Eamonn think of Isma as he walks through London in Chapter Three?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sound is prominent throughout the novel. Analyze two characters. What sounds do they notice and how does this tell you about their character? How does sharing their sensory experience allow them to connect with others?

Essay Topic 2

Mr. and Mrs. Rahimi tell Eamonn that the small things are the big things. What are the small things in the novel? What are the big things? How do the small eventually become the big? Choose one big thing and write how small things in the novel add up to the big event taking place.

Essay Topic 3

How do women choose their own ways to exist in relationship to what they are told they should be on the exterior? Choose two women characters and examine how they negotiate their faith with what the other voices say they should be. How do they choose how to act?

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