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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 does Eamonn do when Aneeka hugs him at the end of the book?

2. Why had Farooq been in London in Chapter Six?

3. In Chapter Five, why does Aneeka think Parvaiz is staying away?

4. What has Eamonn published online in Chapter Nine?

5. What has Parvaiz been working on for two years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Karamat think of London and his political critics?

2. How does Isma appeal to Karamat Lone to let her go to Aneeka in Chapter Eight?

3. Why does Karamat tell James he did not ask the Pakistani government to turn away Eamonn?

4. What happens when Eamonn arrives to where Aneeka is waiting in Chapter Nine?

5. What does Karamat intend to release to change the newspaper coverage after Eamonn's video? What is the story he wants to recenter the media on?

6. What does Farooq talk to Parvaiz about when they first spend time with each other in Chapter Five?

7. What prompts Parvaiz to contact Aneeka in Chapter Six?

8. What do Isma and Aneeka say when Parvaiz calls them from Raqqa?

9. What realization does Karamat have when the bomb threat puts him and his family in hiding?

10. How is Parvaiz able to leave the compound in Chapter Six?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mr. and Mrs. Rahimi tell Eamonn that the small things are the big things. What are the small things in the novel? What are the big things? How do the small eventually become the big? Choose one big thing and write how small things in the novel add up to the big event taking place.

Essay Topic 2

Parviaz’s sisters assume he is in a romantic relationship while he is being radicalized. Eamonn’s friends joke he is being radicalized while he is in a romantic relationship. How are the assumptions and roles placed on these two young men both similar and different? What expectations are placed on them because they are men instead of women?

Essay Topic 3

What are different representations of prayer in the novel? How do different characters in the novel have different ways and definitions of what it means to pray? Choose five examples to analyze what it means to pray in the novel.

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