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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. Who is the principal at Razia's school?
2. At whose house does Razia say the vazes take place?
3. What does Razia see when she looks into the old Italian's yard?
4. Where do Taslima, Aliza and Razia go off to during Eid prayers?
5. What scene from the movie does Shahnaaz watch and imitate?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the moment of lightness for Razia's mother and the cherry tree?
2. What is Taslima's father's first job when he comes to America and how does he get fired?
3. What does Razia wonder about in relation to girls being allowed to go to masjid after seeing Ziyad be forgiven by Allah for killing Razia's pet cat?
4. What is Aliza's ambition after high school? what is her opinion about marrying a Pakistani man?
5. Who are Razia's friends and where do they live?
6. What happens to the kitten that the old Italian gives to Razia and her friends?
7. How does Razia introduce her neighborhood?
8. Why does Razia cherish the time that her mother spends looking through Razia's hair for lice?
9. Later when Taslima and Razia come back around to Julio's house, why does he tell Razia and Taslima to leave?
10. Why is Mr. Nichols crying when Razia and Julio go to his office to deliver their class's apology letters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do you think of Razia's mother? What kind of woman is she? Is she gentle? Is she strict? What parts of the story give you your impression of Razia's mother? How does Razia's mother feel about her community? How does Razia's mother feel about Razia? What does she want for Razia?
Essay Topic 2
What do you think about Razia's journey toward self-determination and becoming the kind of person that Razia wants to be? Does it seem like Razia knows exactly who she wants to be and how she wants to live or is there an element of exploration and exposure that leads Razia? Is it a mixture of both? What guides Razia on her course? What are the internal and external forces that act on Razia as she finds who she is?
Essay Topic 3
What role do poetry and metaphor play in the story? The chapters often end with the last few sentences being very poetic or metaphorical. How do these last lines add to the mood of each chapter? How do these last lines impact you as the reader? Read the last lines of the chapter titled, "Sabak." These lines are very metaphorical and poetic. How do you interpret them? What do they mean to you in regard to the chapter and the entirety of the story up to that point? What do you think the author is trying to say?
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