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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. In which of the following does Seema have a residence?

2. In which of the following newspapers is Ismail quoted?

3. In which of the following do Leigh and Seema first kiss?

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

5. Which of the following does Tahera note Amina enjoys?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Seema note she and Tahera used to walk to school hand in hand?

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

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

9. To what kitchen tasks does Tahera put Amina?

10. For what sign do the physicians attending on Ishraaq’s mother’s death wait?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the choice of poets used in Radiant Fugitives.

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of Radiant Fugitives on bestseller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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