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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 game do Millat, Magid, and Irie play as they walk?

2. What does Archie see as an omen?

3. For what does Samad trade masturbation on New Year's Day 1980?

4. What is Samad's position?

5. What kind of music does Poppy want the orchestra to try?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alsana retaliate against Samad for sending Magid away?

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

3. What does the registrar who marries Clara and Archie silently compare them to?

4. How does Archie know Horst Ibelgaufts?

5. What is the response to the hanging of Mangal Pande's portrait?

6. What do Samad and Alsana argue about?

7. What changes does Clara begin to notice in Ryan after he meets her mother?

8. How does Kelvin Hero treat Archie?

9. Describe the game the children play as they walk to Mr. Hamilton's home.

10. Describe Clara Bowden.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several of Smith's male characters have aspirations to being heroes. Choose two characters and compare and contrast their feelings about heroism and what, if anything, they do to achieve that status.

Essay Topic 2

One of the conflicts that looms large through the second part of the novel is that of science vs. religion. Discuss the development of this conflict and explain its importance to the story.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel there are various references to teeth. Please choose several of these and explain their importance/relevance to the story as a whole.

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