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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. Which of the following does Bill prepare for his first dinner with Seema?

2. Which of the following had Bill’s father joined?

3. In which of the following cities is Seema at age 21?

4. As which of the following does the novel gloss “qabool”?

5. For which of the following presidential campaigns does Seema volunteer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Jemaal propose to vandalize a Baptist church?

5. For what does Ishraaq decide to be grateful to Naeemullah?

6. What does the letter from Bill’s father contain that disconcerts Seema?

7. How does Tahera defy Naeemullah in her marriage?

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

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

10. How does Seema employ Tahera in adapting a movie for their school’s stage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Consider the primary narrator. How might the novel have differed were the narrator a girl instead of a boy? Why would it be different in such ways?

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