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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 potential name for Seema’s child does Leigh oppose?

2. Which of the following do Nafeesa and Seema serve on the day Tahera arrives in San Francisco?

3. In the novel, the word “bhaiya” means which of the following?

4. Which of the following peninsulas does Nafeesa recall visiting with her family?

5. Which of the following meanings is given for Ishraaq’s name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leigh first become aware of Seema?

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

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

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

5. For what reason does Ismail strike Arshad?

6. How does Nafeesa attempt to hide her worsening condition from her daughters?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

To what extent can the novel be taken as satire? What might Radiant Fugitives be satirizing? What in the novel suggests as much? How does it do so?

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