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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 is Angela's teddy's bear's name?
2. Where do Angela and Razia go instead of class after Ed tells his story about his pool table fight?
3. When is the only time that Razia feels truly comfortable talking about Angela?
4. What is Safia's first word?
5. What happens to the Aunty's husband?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do Taslima and Razia go after school and why does Razia have to be secretive about it?
2. Why does Razia feel like "Dorothy entering the land of Oz"(234) when Angela takes her to the West Village in Manhattan?
3. Why is Razia reluctant to get her hair cut?
4. What sad memory does Razia have about the ferry that is conected to her and Saima's family?
5. 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?
6. Why do Razia and Taslima go to Central Park?
7. What is Razia's mother's reaction to Razia's hair cut?
8. Why does The Aunty move in with Razia's family?
9. 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?
10. Who is Angela?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why are Razia's parents so unwavering and single-minded in their commitment to their community and their uninterest and even dislike in much of what the secular world has to offer? How does the fact that they have essentially transplanted a Pakistani village into the middle of Queens affect their outlook? Would Razia's parents have a different perspective if they were living in Pakistan where the temptation of the secular world would be much more minimal?
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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