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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. With which of the following does Prelude end?

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

3. Which of the following meanings is given for Seema’s name?

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

5. Which of the following does Nafeesa note Tahera does five times daily?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rumors about Seema does Leigh uncover before meeting her?

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

3. To what kitchen tasks does Tahera put Amina?

4. What reservations does Tahera initially have about accepting guardianship of Ishraaq?

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

6. How does Nafeesa contrast San Francisco with Chennai?

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

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

9. 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 ?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How reliable is the primary narrator of the novel? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 3

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

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