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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 color of jean is Fiaz wearing when he meets Nafeesa and Tahera?

2. Which of the following series of books did Seema and Tahera read as children?

3. In what field does Leigh work?

4. In which of the following does Fiaz live?

5. Which of the following degrees does Imam Zia hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Ismail strike Arshad?

2. For what reason does Tahera refuse to eat the chicken served on the day she arrives in San Francisco?

3. Tahera rebukes herself for a thought she has on the evening she arrives in San Francisco; what is that thought?

4. How does Leigh first become aware of Seema?

5. What are Leigh and Seema doing when Seema learns of her mother’s diagnosis?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

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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