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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 happens at the market in Chapter 12 when Iqbal speaks?

2. How many days after Iqbal escapes are the children forced to hide on the steps of the Tomb?

3. In Chapter 10, how does Fatima say that Ali has grown?

4. Who volunteers to go to the Tomb with Maria?

5. The day Hassain returns, what food can Fatima smell cooking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Iqbal approach the police after listening to a man from the Bonded Labor Liberation Front of Pakistan?

2. How are things different after Iqbal is released from the Tomb?

3. What does Hussain do after Iqbal escapes?

4. How does Iqbal escape?

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

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

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

8. What did Iqbal do when he escaped?

9. With whom does Iqbal return to Hussain's the day after he escapes?

10. How does Iqbal escape in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Onomatopoeia is a literary device that imitates sounds. How does D’Adamo use onomatopoeia in Iqbal: A Novel? Do the sounds reflect what characters are feeling or thinking or actions around them better than simply using words that reveal what they are thinking or what is going on?

Essay Topic 2

Iqbal and activists in the Labor Liberation Front are often in danger on their missions to help bonded children. What are the dangers of trying to end bonded labor, and why is it so dangerous to try to stop the practice?

Essay Topic 3

Fatima and other bonded children are treated like slaves. They work long hours in difficult conditions and are trapped in servitude. How is the bonded labor system based on injustice?

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