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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 the name of the man at the front counter of the Goodwill?
2. What does Angela's mom get Angela for Christmas?
3. What nickname do Razia and Taslima's mother start calling Razia and Taslima when they are together, laughing for no apparent reason?
4. What does Bahar ask Aliza about while they are both in the kitchen during the Aunty's Quran Khani?
5. Who cuts Razia's hair?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Razia initially reluctant once she changes into her fashionable outfit? How does she feel once she walks around bit?
2. How does Razia feel about Taslima's reception of the news that Razia kissed Angela?
3. What does Razia's father say about Razia wearing Goodwill clothes and Razia's desire to be American?
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. From the clues that you can gather from the book, what is Roza?
6. Why does The Aunty's sermon at the Khatum make Razia uncomfortable?
7. What question does Razia try to ask of Ben but cannot fully express?
8. How does Aliza break her Roza and what is Razia's reaction?
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. 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 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?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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