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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 was Khola?

2. What kinds of kids went to Habib's high school?

3. What was Habib always fighting with her parents about after she got into all the universities she applied to?

4. What did Habib and Uzma see at the market one day when Habib was a child?

5. Why did Habib's mother take so long to get the cake on the day of Habib's seventh birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was one perk to Habib being married as a teenager?

2. What role did Habib's mother play throughout her life?

3. How did Habib's father feel about her engagement?

4. What was Nasir's stance on domestic abuse?

5. Who was Nasir, and where did he live?

6. Who was the second person that Habib married?

7. What kinds of jobs did Habib's father refuse to take once in Canada?

8. Who acted as translator for the Habib family after they moved to Canada?

9. What were the women in Habib's early life in Pakistan like?

10. What happened in the Habib house once Habib's father left for work while they were living in Pakistan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Habib's queer identity. How did Habib come to terms with her queer identity, and why was this experience particularly challenging for her? Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore Habib's practice of writing to her younger self in order to seek clarity and perspective. Why is this such an important exercise for Habib, and what does it do for her? Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore Habib's queer Muslim photograph project. What is the significance of this project, not just for Habib but for many others like her? What does something like this project have the power to do? Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

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