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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. To which of the following landmarks does Fiaz take Seema, Tahera, and Nafeesa?

2. With which of the following groups is Seema associated?

3. Which of the following meanings associates with Ishraaq’s name?

4. Which of the following does Tahera smell in her favorite curry?

5. Which of the following appears on protest signs outside the fundraising venue where Obama is scheduled to appear?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what purposes does Imam Zia seek to develop the area surrounding his mosque?

2. How does Leigh help Seema test names for her child?

3. How does Nafeesa prepare special chai for her daughters?

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

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

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

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

8. To what action of his does Bill ascribe the peril Seema and Ishraaq face at the latter’s birth?

9. What rumors about Seema does Leigh uncover before meeting her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the title of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Radiant Fugitives? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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