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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. From which of the following does Imam Zia hail?

2. With which of the following does One: 2010 begin?

3. With which of the following does Prelude end?

4. What is the name of Seema’s physician?

5. Of which of the following does Leigh remind Seema?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Tahera startled to encounter Seema and Nafeesa at the airport when she arrives in San Francisco?

2. Why does Ishraaq’s face not appear on the ultrasound taken during Seema’s prenatal appointment?

3. Why does Seema disbelieve the initial report of her mother’s diagnosis?

4. What paradox of mourning his mother does the narrator note?

5. How does Nafeesa contrast San Francisco with Chennai?

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

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

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

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

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

To what extent can the novel be taken as autobiographical? What in the novel and in its authorial context suggests as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of Radiant Fugitives. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the title of the novel.

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