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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. According to Razia's mother, how does a person get into the express lane to enter heaven?
2. In the chapter "The Exorcist," what does Razia tell her mother is in Razia's room?
3. What is the word for the temple that Razia and her parents go to pray?
4. What is Razia's main chore in her house?
5. What is the movie that Razia says her class watches all the time?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Aliza's ambition after high school? what is her opinion about marrying a Pakistani man?
2. How does Razia's grandmother survive in Pakistan after her husband dies?
3. What is Taslima's father's first job when he comes to America and how does he get fired?
4. Why does Razia cherish the time that her mother spends looking through Razia's hair for lice?
5. Why is Mr. Nichols crying when Razia and Julio go to his office to deliver their class's apology letters?
6. What does Saima say will crawl up Razia's leg and onto her stomach when she sleeps over Saima's house during the night that Razia's house is being fumigated to kill the roaches and what is it that really happens?
7. What is Saima and Razia's experience with the man at the can counting desk at Key Food?
8. What happens when the bread truck breaks down in Razia's neighborhood?
9. What happens between Saima's family and Razia's family after Saima's uncle steals from Razia's father's butcher shop?
10. What does Razia's mother think about a Pakistani person who spends their time singing and dancing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Does this book affect how you feel about community and culture? Does it affect how you feel about values passed from parents and children? Does it affect how your view of what your parents think is best for you compared to what you think is best for you?
Essay Topic 2
What role do poetry and metaphor play in the story? The chapters often end with the last few sentences being very poetic or metaphorical. How do these last lines add to the mood of each chapter? How do these last lines impact you as the reader? Read the last lines of the chapter titled, "Sabak." These lines are very metaphorical and poetic. How do you interpret them? What do they mean to you in regard to the chapter and the entirety of the story up to that point? What do you think the author is trying to say?
Essay Topic 3
What is your impression of Razia's community? Are there parts that you like about her community? Are there parts that seem familiar? Are there parts that seem unfamiliar to you? How does knowledge of Razia's community serve as a contrast to Razia's development later in the story? What do you think the author is trying to say about a community like Razia's?
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