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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 cooking task does does Razia's mother give her when Razia finishes reading her section of the Quran at the Aunty's Khatum?
2. Where does Razia first notice Angela?
3. What club does Razia tell her mother she was attending when she was really at the Goodwill?
4. What kind of nail polish is Aliza putting on when Razia comes over to Taslima and Aliza's house after using the Surprise Ask?
5. Why does Ramzaan make Razia feel like a wet noodle?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Razia say yes to having her hair cut?
2. What does Razia feel that Angela does not understand about Razia's parents not allowing Razia to date anyone outside of her Pakistani-Muslim community?
3. Why does The Aunty move in with Razia's family?
4. Why does Razia feel like "Dorothy entering the land of Oz"(234) when Angela takes her to the West Village in Manhattan?
5. What question does Razia ask of the Ouija board and what is the response?
6. 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?
7. At the end of the chapter titled Stuyvesant what does Razia begin to imagine? What starts to disappear for her?
8. What does Taibah Aunty try to say to Razia about how girls were in Pakistan when Taibah Aunty was a girl?
9. What is the ultimatum that Taibah Aunty gives to Razia?
10. Who is Angela?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At the end of the chapter titled, "Bethesda Fountain" Razia thinks that she and Taslima and everyone are just like the ducks who go against their natural instincts to be taken care of. Why does Razia think that? How does that thought directly apply to Razia's life?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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