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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. When is the only time that Razia feels truly comfortable talking about Angela?
2. What does Angela and her mom have everywhere in their apartment?
3. According to the book clerk, how did David Wojnarowicz die?
4. What club does Razia tell her mother she was attending when she was really at the Goodwill?
5. What is Angela's teddy's bear's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does The Aunty move in with Razia's family?
2. 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?
3. From the clues that you can gather from the book, what is Roza?
4. 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?
5. What question does Razia ask of the Ouija board and what is the response?
6. Why do Razia and Taslima go to Central Park?
7. What does Taibah Aunty try to say to Razia about how girls were in Pakistan when Taibah Aunty was a girl?
8. How does Razia feel about Taslima's reception of the news that Razia kissed Angela?
9. How does Aliza break her Roza and what is Razia's reaction?
10. Why does Razia say yes to having her hair cut?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What attracts Razia to the secular world outside of her community? How do things like Julio's friends calling her and Taslima pajama people and Amir's murder affect Razia and the tension around how she wants to live her life?
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 is your impression of Razia in the first fourteen chapters? How does she feel about her community? Her mother? Her religion? What Razia story about the world outside her community? Does she trust it? Does she want to be a part of it?
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