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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 one of the songs that Anvar's father plays on the car radio when they go for a ride in "The Blitz"?

2. What song did Imtiaz play on the car radio after Anvar got his first speeding ticket?

3. When do Agents Hale and Moray come to Anvar's apartment for the first ime?

4. How many people attend Aamir's engagement party?

5. Where does Anvar meet Zuha after her visit to his apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Zuha and Anvar meet for dinner and why?

2. How does Imtiaz say that Bariah felt when she learned that Anvar and Zuha had had a relationship?

3. Why does Qais meet with Anvar?

4. What does Azza learn when she tells her father that she does not wish to marry Qais?

5. How is Azza flling notebooks with deception?

6. What does Zuha say when Abu challenges the way she is dressed, and what does that reveal about double standards?

7. Why does Aamir punch Anvar?

8. How do most desis control cooking odors?

9. How does Bhatti compare himself to Anvar?

10. Why does Hafeez Bhatti invite Anvar to do with him and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Anvar and Zuha marry at the end of the book. What challenges lie ahead of them? Do they have a happy ending?

Essay Topic 3

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the novel and why is that incident the climax?

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