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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. With whom does Razia go to the Goodwill?
2. What sculpture is at the top of the fountain that Taslima and Razia see when they enter Central Park?
3. What kind of tea does Razia's mother like because it comes with figurines?
4. What is Taslima's nickname for Stuyvesant?
5. What statue do Angela and Razia spend a lot of time near on their day skipping school?
Short Essay Questions
1. What sad memory does Razia have about the ferry that is conected to her and Saima's family?
2. 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?
3. Why is Razia initially reluctant once she changes into her fashionable outfit? How does she feel once she walks around bit?
4. What is Razia's mother's reaction to Razia's hair cut?
5. Who is Angela?
6. What does Taibah Aunty try to say to Razia about how girls were in Pakistan when Taibah Aunty was a girl?
7. At the end of the chapter titled Stuyvesant what does Razia begin to imagine? What starts to disappear for her?
8. What does Razia's father say about Razia wearing Goodwill clothes and Razia's desire to be American?
9. How does Aliza break her Roza and what is Razia's reaction?
10. What does Razia think about Peter Styuvesant? And what does Razia take pleasure in about attending Stuyvesant high school in regard to race and religion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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 Razia's mother's perspective about community and children? Why is it so important to Razia's mother that Razia have the same values and traditions and religion as Razia's mother? Why do you think Razia's mother is so unwilling to allow Razia to incorporate any secular ideas or behaviors into Razia's life?
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