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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 part of the chicken is noted as being Tahera’s favorite?

2. Which of the following does Tahera note Arshad enjoys?

3. In what field does Leigh work?

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

5. Which of the following nicknames does Nafeesa have for Tahera?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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 ?

2. To what kitchen tasks does Tahera put Amina?

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

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

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

6. In what context do Leigh and Seema first meet?

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

8. How does Nafeesa contrast San Francisco with Chennai?

9. To what does Naeemullah ascribe his desire to wed Nafeesa?

10. What reasons does Seema have for lying long abed the morning after Tahera arrives in San Francisco?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

To what genre other than literary fiction might Radiant Fugitives be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Which character is the protagonist of the novel? How does Radiant Fugitives make that clear?

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