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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 is it that Alsana tells her unborn child is most important?

2. What school do Clara and Ryan both attend?

3. What is Alsana wearing on her head that Samad makes fun of?

4. What was objectionable about the new bullets produced in 1857?

5. How are Magid and Irie protesting their banishment from the Harvest Festival?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Clara's perspective, what does "dealing with" Ryan consist of?

3. How does Poppy take Samad's ending of their affair?

4. How does the Pakistani community react to Magid's having been sent away?

5. How does Archie know Horst Ibelgaufts?

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

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

8. Describe the difference between Millat and Magid Iqbal.

9. What is Shiva's reaction to Samad's admission that he has fallen for an English woman?

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

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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