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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 what month is the protest where Bill meets Seema?

2. Which of the following does Arshad feign to stay home from school?

3. In which of the following languages can Seema work?

4. Which of the following is noted as Mame’s favorite libation?

5. How does the halal butcher from whom Tahera buys goat and chicken greet her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes joy in San Francisco after Seema and Bill return from the first presidential campaign they work together?

2. For what qualities is the casting choice of the antagonist in Seema’s school play made?

3. What excuse do Leigh and Seema give for their late return before the celebratory meal?

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

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

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

7. Why does Seema tell herself she loves Leigh?

8. What initially attracts Bill to supporting Obama?

9. Why does Seema initially hesitate to tell Bill she is a lesbian?

10. Of what does Keats assert the soul is made, per the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Radiant Fugitives bear as much out?

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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