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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. Where do Taslima and Razia go after running away from the man talking about being saved at Bethesda fountain?
2. What does Razia's mother ask her to do in the kitchen when she and Taibah Aunty come home?
3. What does Angela's mom get Angela for Christmas?
4. What piece of clothing does Taslima want to show Razia at the beginning of the chapter "Bethesda Fountain"?
5. What club does Razia tell her mother she was attending when she was really at the Goodwill?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Razia say yes to having her hair cut?
2. Why do Razia and Taslima go to Central Park?
3. 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?
4. At the end of the chapter titled Stuyvesant what does Razia begin to imagine? What starts to disappear for her?
5. What sad memory does Razia have about the ferry that is conected to her and Saima's family?
6. How does Aliza break her Roza and what is Razia's reaction?
7. Why does Razia feel like "Dorothy entering the land of Oz"(234) when Angela takes her to the West Village in Manhattan?
8. What is Razia's mother's reaction to Razia's hair cut?
9. What does Razia's father say about Razia wearing Goodwill clothes and Razia's desire to be American?
10. What question does Razia try to ask of Ben but cannot fully express?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do you think about Razia's journey toward self-determination and becoming the kind of person that Razia wants to be? Does it seem like Razia knows exactly who she wants to be and how she wants to live or is there an element of exploration and exposure that leads Razia? Is it a mixture of both? What guides Razia on her course? What are the internal and external forces that act on Razia as she finds who she is?
Essay Topic 2
Imagine that you are going to explain the plot, the meanings, and the layers of this book to someone who has not read this book or knows what it is about. Write an essay that talks about and summarizes what you think are the important things to know and think about in regard to the story.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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