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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. In which of the following professions is Bill trained?

2. To which of the following does Arshad compare Seema?

3. In what month does Ishraaq report being conceived?

4. Of which surah is Tahera reminded as she prays near Union Square?

5. Which of the following is Tahera’s business partner?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what kitchen tasks does Tahera put Amina?

2. For what reason does Ismail strike Arshad?

3. For what purposes does Imam Zia seek to develop the area surrounding his mosque?

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

5. Why does Tahera initially resist Seema’s gift of a book of poetry?

6. For what sign do the physicians attending on Ishraaq’s mother’s death wait?

7. How does Nafeesa contrast San Francisco with Chennai?

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

9. How does Nafeesa prepare special chai for her daughters?

10. What reason does Seema posit that Nafeesa cooks for her and Tahera, despite her imprecations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assuming that Radiant Fugitives should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

Similarly, consider the chronology of the novel. How might the novel have differed were it set in another span of years? For one such seven-year span, in what ways would the novel have differed from its current form, and why would it have differed in those ways?

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