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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. With which of the following does One: 2010 end?
(a) “…her face flattened and blanched by unforgiving fluorescent light.”
(b) “…anything to keep us with the living.”
(c) “…lying silenced on an operating table, toward my own beginning.”
(d) “…while rain patters against the windowpanes.”

2. In which of the following professions is Bill trained?
(a) Architect.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Physician.
(d) Lawyer.

3. Which of the following meanings does Tahera’s name carry?
(a) Chaste.
(b) Brave.
(c) Wise.
(d) Fierce.

4. Which of the following degrees does Imam Zia hold?
(a) MPhil.
(b) BA.
(c) PhD.
(d) MA.

5. At what time does Tahera wake on her first morning in San Francisco?
(a) 6:00.
(b) 5:45.
(c) 5:30.
(d) 5:15.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Seema in 2010?

2. What kind of flowers do Seema and Leigh exchange?

3. In what field does Leigh work?

4. Which surah does Arshad identify as his favorite?

5. As which of the following does the novel gloss Arshad’s name?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Ismail strike Arshad?

2. What are Leigh and Seema doing when Seema learns of her mother’s diagnosis?

3. Why does Seema note she and Tahera used to walk to school hand in hand?

4. To what action of his does Bill ascribe the peril Seema and Ishraaq face at the latter’s birth?

5. What reservations does Tahera initially have about accepting guardianship of Ishraaq?

6. How does Tahera prepare her family for her trip to San Francisco?

7. For what reason does Tahera refuse to eat the chicken served on the day she arrives in San Francisco?

8. How does Leigh help Seema test names for her child?

9. As what does Tahera gloss “Bismallah wa’ala barakatillah” (17)?

10. Why is Tahera startled to encounter Seema and Nafeesa at the airport when she arrives in San Francisco?

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