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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 Zuha notice in Anvar's apartment that Azza left?

2. After Zuha's visit to his apartment, at what time does Anvar lie awake remembering?

3. When Anvar tells Aamir about his relationship with Zuha, how long has it been since they dated?

4. Who is Azza's father?

5. What does Qais want from Anvar when they meet at the mosque?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Abu tell Anvar about the challenges of raising children?

2. Who comes to see Anvar after he attends the party for Qais and Azza?

3. How is the date of Eid al-Adha determined, and why is the date changed one year?

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

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

6. Why does Aamir punch Anvar?

7. How does Bhatti compare himself to Anvar?

8. What does Azza tell Qais she wants for her birthday, and how does she explain her request?

9. What does Imtiaz do when he takes his sons for a disciplinary drive in the car, and what does he play for Anvar and make him eat?

10. What are the days like for Azza when Abu is off work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Faris family leaves Pakistan and moves to the United States. Why do the Faris family leave Pakistan? How does each family member adjust to life in the U.S.? Why is it easier for some family members to adjust to their new life than others?

Essay Topic 2

Abu is arrested and tortured. Why is Abu taken from his family? How is he tortured? Is the treatment he receives inhumane? How does the abuse and inhumane treatment change him?

Essay Topic 3

Abu Fahd and Safwa have different beliefs about the afterlife. How are the beliefs that Abu Fahd and Safwa have about the afterlife different? How has their life experiences caused them to believe differently about life after death? What do their beliefs reveal about Muslim beliefs about life after death?

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