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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 year of his undergraduate studies does Bill lose his grandfather?

2. Which of the following accompanies Bill and Seema when they marry?

3. With which of the following does Two: 2003-2008 end?

4. With which of the following flowers does Seema recall brides being veiled?

5. Which of the following sings at the protest where Bill meets Seema?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Nafeesa note Tahera built up her medical practice?

5. What prompts Tahera to suggest a rooftop dinner?

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

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

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

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

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

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 2

To what extent can the novel be taken as autobiographical? What in the novel and in its authorial context suggests as much? How does it do so?

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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