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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Angela and Razia go instead of class after Ed tells his story about his pool table fight?
(a) To Union Square.
(b) To The Met.
(c) To Central Park.
(d) To Bleecker Street.

2. What does Angela's mom get Angela for Christmas?
(a) A subscription to Rolling Stone magazine.
(b) New Doc Marten shoes.
(c) the White Album on vinyl.
(d) Godiva cocoa.

3. Who hosts the Khatum for the Aunty?
(a) Bahar's mom.
(b) Taslima's mom.
(c) It is hosted by Hafiz Saab's wife at the masjid.
(d) Razia's mom.

4. What does Razia tell Taslima over the phone at the beginning of the chapter "Surprise"?
(a) Razia got asked to be a model for a high school photo shoot.
(b) Razia got engaged.
(c) Razia is switching to Taslima's school.
(d) Razia kissed Angela.

5. What religion was Peter Stuyvesant?
(a) Dutch Reformed.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Adventist.
(d) Episcopalian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Razia not allowed to go to Coney Island?

2. What does Taslima want Razia to wear to Central Park?

3. What is Taslima's surprise for Razia once they are changed into their outftits in the park?

4. What is amazing to Razia about the West Village?

5. What is the motivation behind Angela and Razia's ferry ride?

Short Essay Questions

1. What statue are Razia and Angela drawn to at the end of their visit to the Met? What is the famous rumor about the woman whose statue they are drawn to?

2. What is Ben, the Strand bookstore clerk able to guess about Razia and Angela?

3. Why does The Aunty's sermon at the Khatum make Razia uncomfortable?

4. What does Razia feel that Angela does not understand about Razia's parents not allowing Razia to date anyone outside of her Pakistani-Muslim community?

5. From the clues that you can gather from the book, what is Roza?

6. Who is Angela?

7. Why does The Aunty move in with Razia's family?

8. Why do Razia and Taslima go to Central Park?

9. What is Razia's mother's reaction to Razia's hair cut?

10. Where do Taslima and Razia go after school and why does Razia have to be secretive about it?

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