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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. Who damages Bhatti's office?

2. What color are the flyers that Jack wants Anvar to hand out at the mosque to advertise his food truck?

3. What is Anvar supposed to have said about the Imam of his mosque?

4. What stone is in the ring that Qais gives Abu for Azza?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aamir say that Naani Jann said about Anvar?

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

3. Why are Imtiaz and other Muslims feeling fear and panic in 2016?

4. What is Junk in the Trunk?

5. 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?

6. Why do people think that Anvar says that the Imam has a venereal disease?

7. Why is Bariah upset about Mosque crawlers?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Allusions are figures of speech. What are allusions? How does the author use allusions? How can allusions be ambiguous references to people, places or things? Why might allusions be difficult for readers to understand and connect to ideas?

Essay Topic 2

When Anvar is ten, he is expected to kill a goat. Why is Anvar expected to kill a goat? What is the role of sacrifice in the Muslim religion?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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