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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 does Taslima get for Razia's birthday?
2. What happens to the Aunty's husband?
3. What does Taslima want Razia to wear to Central Park?
4. With whom does Razia go to the Goodwill?
5. What is amazing to Razia about the West Village?
Short Essay Questions
1. What sad memory does Razia have about the ferry that is conected to her and Saima's family?
2. Why does The Aunty's sermon at the Khatum make Razia uncomfortable?
3. Why do Razia and Taslima go to Central Park?
4. Where do Taslima and Razia go after school and why does Razia have to be secretive about it?
5. What is Ben, the Strand bookstore clerk able to guess about Razia and Angela?
6. Who is Angela?
7. 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?
8. At the end of the chapter titled Stuyvesant what does Razia begin to imagine? What starts to disappear for her?
9. From the clues that you can gather from the book, what is Roza?
10. What does Taibah Aunty try to say to Razia about how girls were in Pakistan when Taibah Aunty was a girl?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
How does Razia's childhood impact you as a reader? Why do you think the author chooses to include these specific parts of Razia's childhood? How does reading about Razia's childhood make her a relatable character?
Essay Topic 3
What are the main themes of the story? How does the author continue to return to the main themes through the telling of the story? Are there parts of the story that seem particularly poignant in connection to the theme? if so, which sections seem particularly poignant and why?
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