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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Taslima want Razia to wear to Central Park?
(a) High Heels.
(b) Cut-off jean shorts.
(c) A chador folded to be a mini skirt.
(d) A dress with a low neckline.

2. Where does Angela get the Ouija board?
(a) From her mom.
(b) From her dad.
(c) From Ed.
(d) From Razia.

3. How does the Ouija board answer Raisa's question?
(a) Razia You Must Pray.
(b) Razia You Must Study.
(c) Razia You Must Listen.
(d) Razia You Must Lie.

4. Who do Razia and Angela meet on the ferry that gives them a beer to taste?
(a) One of Razia's uncles, Osman.
(b) Angela's friend's older brother, Mark.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Lucy's father.

5. According to the book clerk, how did David Wojnarowicz die?
(a) Peacefully in his sleep.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) AIDS.
(d) He was killed at a gallery opening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Razia ask the Ouija board?

2. What magazine does Razia bring over to Taslima house on the weekends?

3. What dish do Aliza, Taslima and Razia prepare together at the end of Ramzaan?

4. What does Taibah Aunty see at the Queensboro Plaza train station?

5. What does Razia wish for when blowing out her candles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Razia initially reluctant once she changes into her fashionable outfit? How does she feel once she walks around bit?

2. What does Taibah Aunty try to say to Razia about how girls were in Pakistan when Taibah Aunty was a girl?

3. Why does The Aunty's sermon at the Khatum make Razia uncomfortable?

4. What statue are Razia and Angela drawn to at the end of their visit to the Met? What is the famous rumor about the woman whose statue they are drawn to?

5. What does Razia think about Peter Styuvesant? And what does Razia take pleasure in about attending Stuyvesant high school in regard to race and religion?

6. From the clues that you can gather from the book, what is Roza?

7. What is Ben, the Strand bookstore clerk able to guess about Razia and Angela?

8. At the end of the chapter titled Stuyvesant what does Razia begin to imagine? What starts to disappear for her?

9. What is Razia's thought about race and ethnicity as she and Angela move through the galleries of paintings and sculptures? Whose face is she seeing in all the art?

10. Who is Angela?

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