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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. In which of the following professions is Tahera trained?

2. Which of the following does Nafeesa note Tahera does five times daily?

3. As which of the following does the novel gloss Arshad’s name?

4. From which of the following does Imam Zia hail?

5. To which of the following does Arshad compare Seema?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what sign do the physicians attending on Ishraaq’s mother’s death wait?

2. What reservations does Tahera initially have about accepting guardianship of Ishraaq?

3. Why does Tahera initially resist Seema’s gift of a book of poetry?

4. When Seema visits Bill at the home they had shared, she notes attempting to conceal her arrival. How does she make the attempt, and why ?

5. For what reason does Tahera refuse to eat the chicken served on the day she arrives in San Francisco?

6. What paradox of mourning his mother does the narrator note?

7. What are Leigh and Seema doing when Seema learns of her mother’s diagnosis?

8. How does Nafeesa contrast San Francisco with Chennai?

9. How does Tahera prepare her family for her trip to San Francisco?

10. Why does Ishraaq’s face not appear on the ultrasound taken during Seema’s prenatal appointment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Overall, what is the most important theme of Radiant Fugitives. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

How reliable is the primary narrator of the novel? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the choice of poets used in Radiant Fugitives.

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