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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 would closely examine Habib's books?

2. What happened to Habib under a stairwell at school when she was in middle school?

3. What did Habib's father spend most days doing when he first arrived in North America?

4. What kinds of jobs did Habib's father refuse to take in North America?

5. What was the unspoken rule for the women in the Habib household?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Habib ask to prom?

2. What role did Habib's mother play throughout her life?

3. What was one perk to Habib being married as a teenager?

4. What did Habib feel responisble for once her family moved to Canada?

5. Who was Nasir, and where did he live?

6. What did Habib's mother find out about her own name when she was betrothed to Habib's father?

7. Who was the second person that Habib married?

8. How did Habib get on with her peers in sixth grade?

9. How did Habib's parents meet?

10. How did Habib manage to gather loose change soon after moving to Canada?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you describe Habib's life in Pakistan before her family moved to Canada. What was it like, and in what ways did her experience there have a life-long impact on her? Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss Habib's first relationship with a queer man, Alex. What does Habib learn, about the world and about herself, through this relationship? What does having this relationship enable Habib to do? Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring how Habib's relationship with her father changes throughout the book. Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

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