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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. As what does Tahera suggest Seema wants Leigh?

2. In what month is the protest where Bill meets Seema?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Tahera defy Naeemullah in her marriage?

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

7. Describe Seema’s first lover.

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

9. What fundamental lesson do Bill’s grandparents teach him?

10. For what does Ishraaq ask sleep?

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

Explicate the significance of the choice of poets used in Radiant Fugitives.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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