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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 game do Anvar and Zuha play when she comes to see him after his grandmother dies?

2. Who was Mikey?

3. In "Anvar," how long after Zuha broke up with Anvar does Aamir find Anvar in the dark in his room shaking?

4. How old was Aamir when he and Anvar were stuck in their Beetle in a flood?

5. What is the name of Zuha's friend who wears a hijab that Anvar does not like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Imtiaz decide his family needed to leave Pakistan?

2. Who was Mikey, and what was his purpose?

3. Why does Safwa decide that she will ask Qais to take her and Abu to America?

4. Why does Anvar transfer to Boston University?

5. What happens to the goat Baba Adam has for Eid?

6. What are acceptable careers for kids like Anvar?

7. Who was Dr. Yousef Ganni?

8. Why does Safwa not make an effort to belong with the people she is living with?

9. Why does Anvar decide there is a God?

10. Where does Abu take Safwa when he comes to get her in Basra?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bariah is disrespected in a grocery store because she is Muslim. What happens to Bariah when she goes grocery shopping at a store she has frequented for years? Why does the clerk treat her with disrespect?

Essay Topic 2

Abu Fahd and Safwa have different beliefs about the afterlife. How are the beliefs that Abu Fahd and Safwa have about the afterlife different? How has their life experiences caused them to believe differently about life after death? What do their beliefs reveal about Muslim beliefs about life after death?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning? Why are idioms especially difficult for Anna to understand?

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