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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. Which of the following meanings is given for Ishraaq’s name?
2. Of which of the following does Leigh remind Seema?
3. Which of the following does Tahera note Amina enjoys?
4. Which of the following meanings is given for Seema’s name?
5. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Tahera startled to encounter Seema and Nafeesa at the airport when she arrives in San Francisco?
2. For what reason does Ismail strike Arshad?
3. When Seema visits Bill at the home they had shared, she notes attempting to conceal her arrival. How does she make the attempt, and why ?
4. Why does Ishraaq’s face not appear on the ultrasound taken during Seema’s prenatal appointment?
5. To what kitchen tasks does Tahera put Amina?
6. What are Leigh and Seema doing when Seema learns of her mother’s diagnosis?
7. To what action of his does Bill ascribe the peril Seema and Ishraaq face at the latter’s birth?
8. How does Nafeesa attempt to hide her worsening condition from her daughters?
9. In what context do Leigh and Seema first meet?
10. What rumors about Seema does Leigh uncover before meeting her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Radiant Fugitives? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.
Essay Topic 3
Overall, what is the most important theme of Radiant Fugitives. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?
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