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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 kind of tea does Seema drink?

2. Which of the following domestic tasks does Nafeesa note her husband performed for her?

3. How old is Nafeesa when she visits Seema?

4. With which of the following does Prelude end?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nafeesa contrast San Francisco with Chennai?

2. Why does Seema disbelieve the initial report of her mother’s diagnosis?

3. How does Leigh first become aware of Seema?

4. For what reason does Ismail strike Arshad?

5. To what kitchen tasks does Tahera put Amina?

6. Tahera rebukes herself for a thought she has on the evening she arrives in San Francisco; what is that thought?

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

8. How does Nafeesa attempt to hide her worsening condition from her daughters?

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

10. In what context do Leigh and Seema first meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what extent can the novel be taken as autobiographical? What in the novel and in its authorial context suggests as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 3

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

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