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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 degrees does Nafeesa hold?
2. Which of the following peninsulas does Nafeesa recall visiting with her family?
3. To which of the following does Arshad compare Seema?
4. Which of the following appears on protest signs outside the fundraising venue where Obama is scheduled to appear?
5. Which of the following domestic tasks does Nafeesa note her husband performed for her?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Seema note she and Tahera used to walk to school hand in hand?
2. 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 ?
3. How does Leigh help Seema test names for her child?
4. Why is Tahera startled to encounter Seema and Nafeesa at the airport when she arrives in San Francisco?
5. As what does Tahera gloss “Bismallah wa’ala barakatillah” (17)?
6. To what action of his does Bill ascribe the peril Seema and Ishraaq face at the latter’s birth?
7. What paradox of mourning his mother does the narrator note?
8. Why does Tahera initially resist Seema’s gift of a book of poetry?
9. How does Nafeesa contrast San Francisco with Chennai?
10. What message does Seema interpret from Tahera’s conduct on her arrival at the airport?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
To what other writer’s work in your experience does Ahmed’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?
Essay Topic 2
Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?
Essay Topic 3
Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?
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