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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. Where does Hassain go after Iqbal is returned?

2. In Chapter 11, how many times before has Fatima slept clean and on fresh bedding?

3. What do the workers at the Bonded Labor Liberation Front do when the children arrive?

4. How long after Hussain threatens to throw Maria in the Tomb is Iqbal removed from the Tomb?

5. After Iqbal escapes, how much extra do the children have to work daily?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hussain not send Maria to the Tomb?

2. How does Iqbal escape?

3. How does Iqbal escape in Chapter 10?

4. What work does Iqbal do for the Bonded Labor Liberation Front?

5. How are the children cared for when they are taken to the headquarters for the Bonded Labor Liberation Front?

6. What group did Iqbal hear speaking in the market, and what was their message?

7. What did Iqbal do when he felt threatened by some boys?

8. Why are Fatima and the other children shoved in the Tomb and made to wait on the stairs?

9. What happens when Iqbal returns in Chapter 11?

10. What happens when the police bring Iqbal back to Hussain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Iqbal: A Novel was first written in Italian. What must we consider when a piece is translated? How might that change anything about the book itself?

Essay Topic 2

Symbolism uses objects or ideas to present a concept. How does D’Adamo use symbols to communicate ideas like freedom through concrete, familiar things like kites?

Essay Topic 3

Maria weaves a kite on her carpet. How does her act of defiance unite the children?

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