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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. What is Shafiq uncle's job?

2. Who tells Razia about when to eat the cherries?

3. What is Razia's word for "mom"?

4. What is the word for the temple that Razia and her parents go to pray?

5. What is the dish that Bahar and Aliza prepare to be eaten as soon as the aunties finish reading their sections of Quran?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Razia initial impression of Bahar and what is Razia's impression of Bahar once Razia gets to know Bahar a bit better?

2. Why does Razia's mother take Razia to see Peer Saab?

3. According to Razia, why does every Pakistani family have a tape recorder?

4. How does Razia's father react to the call to prayer from the Hafiz Saab and why?

5. Where does Razia go to hide in the chapter titled, "Cherry Tree"? Is she actually hidden?

6. Who are Razia's friends and where do they live?

7. Who is the Julio that Razia knows?

8. Why does Razia push Julio away from her when they are burying the dead bird?

9. How does Razia interpret the look on the old Italian's face after seeing what becomes of the cat?

10. What happens to the kitten that the old Italian gives to Razia and her friends?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Roses, in the Mouth of A Lion a story that has a message or multiple messages? What is one message that this story is offering? What elements of the story guide you to what you think the message or messages are?

Essay Topic 2

Why are Razia's parents so unwavering and single-minded in their commitment to their community and their uninterest and even dislike in much of what the secular world has to offer? How does the fact that they have essentially transplanted a Pakistani village into the middle of Queens affect their outlook? Would Razia's parents have a different perspective if they were living in Pakistan where the temptation of the secular world would be much more minimal?

Essay Topic 3

What are the main themes of the story? How does the author continue to return to the main themes through the telling of the story? Are there parts of the story that seem particularly poignant in connection to the theme? if so, which sections seem particularly poignant and why?

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