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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 color are Azza's notebooks?

2. What songs does Aamir say his father would play on the car radio when he started gaining weight in medical school?

3. Where is Aliyah Dzatil Himmah studying?

4. At what level does Anvar tell his Imam that he practices Islam?

5. What color handbag does Zuha carry when she meets Anvar for the first time in years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zuha wear to the engagement party, and why is it scandolous?

2. Why do people think that Anvar says that the Imam has a venereal disease?

3. How is the date of Eid al-Adha determined, and why is the date changed one year?

4. How does Imtiaz say that Bariah felt when she learned that Anvar and Zuha had had a relationship?

5. How do most desis control cooking odors?

6. What does Azzah say about a visit the U.S. Secretary of State made to Afghanistan?

7. Why does Qais meet with Anvar?

8. How does Bhatti compare himself to Anvar?

9. What does Abu tell Anvar about the challenges of raising children?

10. Where do Zuha and Anvar meet for dinner and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Abu is arrested and tortured. Why is Abu taken from his family? How is he tortured? Is the treatment he receives inhumane? How does the abuse and inhumane treatment change him?

Essay Topic 2

Anvar and Zuha break up when they are in college. Why does the relationship between Anvar and Zuha fail when they are in college?

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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