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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 capacity does Seema seek to work for the Obama campaign?

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

3. Which of the following landmarks is visible from Seema’s rooftop?

4. At which university does Seema complete a communication fellowship?

5. In which English city did Seema study?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Seema tell herself she loves Leigh?

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

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

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

6. How does Tahera explain her preference for wearing the jilbab?

7. Why is Arshad prohibited from playing soccer at his mosque?

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

9. For what does Ishraaq ask sleep?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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

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