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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Habib write letters to her younger self?
(a) For fun.
(b) To regain perspective and stability.
(c) Habib does not write letters to her younger self.
(d) To show her friends.

2. What concept has Habib always been obsessed with?
(a) Game theory.
(b) The panopticon.
(c) Quantum theory.
(d) Home.

3. What kind of relationship did Habib have with Alex?
(a) They had an open relationship.
(b) They were strictly monogomous.
(c) They were married.
(d) They were divorce.

4. Why did Habib love North Carolina?
(a) She found a wonderful queer community there.
(b) She loved the American south.
(c) She found her future spouse there.
(d) She loved the atmosphere.

5. Which woman in Habib's family now wears a hijab instead of a burka?
(a) Habib's sister.
(b) Habib's mother.
(c) Habib's aunt.
(d) Habib's cousin Ishma.

6. What is Habib's dream home like?
(a) It is safe and comfortable and accepting.
(b) It is small and intimate.
(c) It is big and grand.
(d) She does not have a dream home.

7. Why did Habib put off therapy for so long?
(a) She was afraid of what she would discover.
(b) She had heard bad things.
(c) She did not have time for it.
(d) She could not afford it.

8. What does Habib do when she feels anxious or scared?
(a) She calls her mother.
(b) She consoles the seven-year-old version of herself.
(c) She eats ice cream.
(d) She drinks tea.

9. What did Alex look like?
(a) Brunette with brown eyes.
(b) Blonde with blue eyes.
(c) Brunette with blue eyes.
(d) Blonde with brown eyes.

10. What question does Habib's mother ask her after she comes out to her?
(a) "How dod you live with yourself?"
(b) "Do you prefer men or women?"
(c) "How do you meet people?"
(d) "How do you have sex?"

11. Who was the first person to ask Habib if she was thinking about ending her second marriage?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

12. How does Habib's mother react to her coming out?
(a) She does not react at all.
(b) She reacts with indifference.
(c) She reacts with hate.
(d) She reacts with love.

13. When was the last time Habib set foot in a mosque before she went to Unity Mosque?
(a) When she was a child.
(b) When she was 24.
(c) When she was a teen.
(d) When she was 42.

14. Where did Habib meet Abi?
(a) At a bar.
(b) At a deli.
(c) At her first job after college.
(d) At school.

15. When did Habib start going to therapy?
(a) in her 30s.
(b) in her 20s.
(c) In her teens.
(d) In her 40s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Zainab?

2. Where did Habib come out to her mother?

3. What does Habib like about photography?

4. What lasting advice does Habib give to her younger self at the end of the book?

5. What did role did Habib play for Shireen?

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