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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 was El-Farouk Khaki?

2. What is Abi's sexual orientation?

3. Where did Habib meet Hassan?

4. What does Habib's mother say "is very Muslim" of her to do?

5. What lie did Shireen tell Habib?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Alex?

3. Why did Habib take up photography?

4. Why did Habib love North Carolina when she first visited?

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

6. What was Habib's relationship to Shireen?

7. Who was Shireen?

8. Why did Habib go to North Carolina in November 2016?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss Habib's first solo trip abroad to Japan. What about this experience had such a huge impact of Habib's understanding of herself and her identity? Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore how Habib's relationship to her faith, Islam, changes throughout the book. Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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