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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. Where is Aliyah Dzatil Himmah studying?

2. What causes the strong aroma of desi food?

3. What color is the lineoleum of the floor in Anvar's apartment?

4. Where do Anvar and his father go when they drive together in "The Blitz"?

5. What color are Azza's notebooks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Junk in the Trunk?

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

3. After the meeting with Zuha at his apartment, where does Anvar meet her again?

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

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

6. Why does Aamir punch Anvar?

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

8. Why does Qais meet with Anvar?

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

10. What does Zuha wear to the engagement party, and why is it scandolous?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or characters?

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