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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 Razia's sister's name?

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

3. What is Razia's father's profession in Pakistan?

4. What scene from the movie does Shahnaaz watch and imitate?

5. In the chapter "Sugar Fiends," where does Lucy go?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Razia describe Bahar's house?

3. What is the ostensible reason that Aliza's parents giver her a clock radio? How do Aliza, Taslima, and Razia mostly use it?

4. Later when Taslima and Razia come back around to Julio's house, why does he tell Razia and Taslima to leave?

5. Who is the Julio that Razia knows?

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

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

8. What is Taslima's father's first job when he comes to America and how does he get fired?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Razia's childhood impact you as a reader? Why do you think the author chooses to include these specific parts of Razia's childhood? How does reading about Razia's childhood make her a relatable character?

Essay Topic 2

What do you think of Razia's mother? What kind of woman is she? Is she gentle? Is she strict? What parts of the story give you your impression of Razia's mother? How does Razia's mother feel about her community? How does Razia's mother feel about Razia? What does she want for Razia?

Essay Topic 3

What is your impression of Razia in the first fourteen chapters? How does she feel about her community? Her mother? Her religion? What Razia story about the world outside her community? Does she trust it? Does she want to be a part of it?

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