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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 kind of hair cut style does Taslima ask for?
2. When is the only time that Razia feels truly comfortable talking about Angela?
3. What dish do Aliza, Taslima and Razia prepare together at the end of Ramzaan?
4. With whom does Razia go to the Goodwill?
5. Where does Razia hide her Goodwill blazer and dress after she washes them?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Razia feel like "Dorothy entering the land of Oz"(234) when Angela takes her to the West Village in Manhattan?
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. What is the ultimatum that Taibah Aunty gives to Razia?
4. Where do Taslima and Razia go after school and why does Razia have to be secretive about it?
5. What is Razia's mother's reaction to Razia's hair cut?
6. 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?
7. What does Taibah Aunty try to say to Razia about how girls were in Pakistan when Taibah Aunty was a girl?
8. Why is Razia initially reluctant once she changes into her fashionable outfit? How does she feel once she walks around bit?
9. What does Razia's father say about Razia wearing Goodwill clothes and Razia's desire to be American?
10. What is Razia's thought about race and ethnicity as she and Angela move through the galleries of paintings and sculptures? Whose face is she seeing in all the art?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What role does friendship play in Razia's life? How does friendship shape Razia's journey? Are there ways in which Razia's friends disappoint her? Are there ways in which Razia disappoints her friends? What comment do you think the author is making about friendship?
Essay Topic 2
Does Razia have a hard time leaving her community? Why does she not tell her parents about Angela? What is the choice that Razia seems to be avoiding by not telling her parents about Angela? How would the challenge be different if Razia was older and had a job and a place to live? How does being 15 and high school student inform Razia's decision to be secretive? How would the challenge of telling or not telling her parents be the same no matter what point of life Razia is in?
Essay Topic 3
What is the difference for Razia between Islam and Allah? How does the author convey this difference in the book? Find specific examples to support your claim.
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