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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. Why does Chyna and Priti slip out to go to Flavia’s locker?

2. In Chapter 24, what language does Flavia's mother speak?

3. What does Jess make a joke about?

4. What does Nishat see on Instagram that Chyna is doing at the same time she is running her henna business?

5. In Chapter 24, Nishat walks downstairs to find Chyna doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nishat feel anger in Chapter 20?

2. In Chapter 22, why does Ms. Montgomery approach Nishat?

3. In Chapter 21, what is Priti's text to Nishat about?

4. What does Flavia admit that she feels scared of in Chapter 27?

5. In Chapter 15, what does Flavia's text say?

6. What does Jess make a joke about?

7. Which incident does Priti come to tell Nishat about during the first showcase?

8. What does Nishat notice Priti doing after they get off the bus?

9. What does Nishat see on Instagram that Chyna is doing at the same time she is running her henna business?

10. On the banner Flavia makes for Nishat - what is the major feature?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flavia realizes she may have been distancing herself from her own Afro-Brazilian culture, as she feels she has to fit in/assimilate with her father’s side of the family. Can you discuss what impact this may have had on Flavia?

Essay Topic 2

Readers only ever get to see Nishat’s perspective; how do you think the story would have been different if readers had seen Flavia’s side? Or Priti’s?

Essay Topic 3

We learn a lot about Nishat’s family background in the first couple of pages. How does the move to Ireland affect Nishat and her family?

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