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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. What was bhang?

2. What is the Bowden family's religion?

3. What was Samad's job on the tank?

4. On what game does Archie score the highest number of points ever?

5. Where does Clara work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alsana mean when she says that Clara's baby and her own will have "daddy-long-legs" for fathers?

2. Why does Samad arrive in Harlesden fifteen minutes early?

3. How does Samad defuse the situation with Mad Mary in the church courtyard?

4. What is Mo Hussein-Ishmael's connection to Archie?

5. Why does Samad decide to send one of the boys away?

6. What do Samad and Alsana argue about?

7. Describe the conditions in which Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal met.

8. What does Samad feel is the secret of his cousin Ardashir's success?

9. What is Samad's rationale for driving off into the country with the prisoner and eventually killing him?

10. Who is Mad Mary?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the meaning and significance of the phrases "to the pure all things are pure" and "can't say fairer than that"?

Essay Topic 2

One of the pillars on which Archie and Samad's friendship is built is the fact that Archie killed Dr. Sick. What indications do we have that it didn't, perhaps, happen that way? Why is it so important to Samad that it did? Is his reaction to learning the truth what you would have expected? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Both Joshua and Millat become involved with radical, activist groups. Compare and contrast these groups, their tactics, and what has drawn the young men to them.

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