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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 the word for the temple that Razia and her parents go to pray?

2. What story from the Quran does Razia's mother tell Razia and her friends?

3. What is the name of Razia's main teacher at her school?

4. The person that Taibah Aunty takes Razia to see gives her something to drink. What is the word used to for that drink?

5. What is the topic of this different movie that Razia has not seen before in school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Razia's mother cry and get angry and become upset at the beginning of the chapter titled, "Cherry Tree"?

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

3. What does Razia's mother think about a Pakistani person who spends their time singing and dancing?

4. How does Razia introduce her neighborhood?

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

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

7. How does Razia's grandmother survive in Pakistan after her husband dies?

8. Why do the freckled girls, hanging out with Julio, from the neighborhood make fun of Razia and Taslima?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Razia's relationship with her mother. How does this relationship change over time? How does Razia feel about her mother? Why does she have to be secretive around her mother at times? How does fear of disappointment play a role in Razia's relationship with her mother?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What is the tension between Razia's community and Razia's natural instincts to explore non-Pakistani Muslim life? What is the pressure that she feels from her parents and aunties? How does her community and the life her parents want for her make her feel trapped?

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