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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. How much older than Habib was Alex?

2. Which woman in Habib's family now wears a hijab instead of a burka?

3. Who was Alex?

4. When did Habib feel most Muslim?

5. What place has Habib been connected to through her photo project?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Loren?

2. How was Habib's experience at Unity Mosque different than her earlier memories of being at mosques?

3. What kind of relationship did Habib have with Alex?

4. What did Habib's therapist mean when she suggested Habib "re-parent herself"?

5. What does Habib continue to do when she feels anxious or scared?

6. What did Unity Mosque make Habib feel whenever she left there?

7. What did Habib realize about herself that she learned through Alex?

8. How did Habib's mother react to her daughter's coming out?

9. What was Unity Mosque?

10. What did Habib think of therapy when she first started going?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the narrative tone of the novel. Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay defining the concept of home from Habib's perspective. What makes a home for Habib? Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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