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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 Razia wish for when blowing out her candles?
2. What is Angela's teddy's bear's name?
3. According to the book clerk, how did David Wojnarowicz die?
4. What kind of tea does Razia's mother like because it comes with figurines?
5. What cooking task does does Razia's mother give her when Razia finishes reading her section of the Quran at the Aunty's Khatum?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why do Razia and Taslima go to Central Park?
3. From the clues that you can gather from the book, what is Roza?
4. Why is Razia initially reluctant once she changes into her fashionable outfit? How does she feel once she walks around bit?
5. What is the ultimatum that Taibah Aunty gives to Razia?
6. What is Razia's mother's reaction to Razia's hair cut?
7. 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?
8. Why does Razia feel like "Dorothy entering the land of Oz"(234) when Angela takes her to the West Village in Manhattan?
9. Why is Razia reluctant to get her hair cut?
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 role do poetry and metaphor play in the story? The chapters often end with the last few sentences being very poetic or metaphorical. How do these last lines add to the mood of each chapter? How do these last lines impact you as the reader? Read the last lines of the chapter titled, "Sabak." These lines are very metaphorical and poetic. How do you interpret them? What do they mean to you in regard to the chapter and the entirety of the story up to that point? What do you think the author is trying to say?
Essay Topic 2
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.
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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