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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. At what time does Leigh arrive for the celebratory meal?

2. Which news source does Seema follow during the United States’ actions against Saddam Hussein under George W. Bush?

3. What name does the gulmohar tree carry?

4. In what year of his undergraduate studies does Bill lose his grandfather?

5. Where was Nafeesa’s childhood home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tahera defy Naeemullah in her marriage?

2. How does Bill threaten Seema when he calls on her at Nafeesa’s behest?

3. How does Bill note Mame would have shown her disapproval of his actions?

4. What occupation does Bill have when he meets Seema?

5. What prompts Tahera to suggest a rooftop dinner?

6. How does Bill’s colleague react to his involvement with protests alongside Seema?

7. What prompts Tahera to feel shame at her reaction to the people outside the halal meat market she visits in San Francisco?

8. How does Nafeesa compensate Tahera for awarding her wedding saree to Seema?

9. Why is Seema dissatisfied with Obama’s campaign, overall?

10. What gesture do Bill and Seema use to signal concession in arguments with each other?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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