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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 Loren?

2. What art form did Habib take up after going to Unity Mosque?

3. Why are queer-friendly mosques not advertised on public forums?

4. What city abroad did Habib stay in following her second divorce?

5. Why did Habib start visiting her family more in her late twenties?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Peter and Habib seek out couples' therapy?

2. What kind of relationship did Habib have with Alex?

3. What did Habib label her sexuality by her mid-twenties?

4. How did Habib come out to her mother?

5. Why did Habib love North Carolina when she first visited?

6. Who was Zainab?

7. What did Habib think of therapy when she first started going?

8. What was Abi's influence on Habib?

9. What did Unity Mosque make Habib feel whenever she left there?

10. Who was Alex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you describe Habib's life in Pakistan before her family moved to Canada. What was it like, and in what ways did her experience there have a life-long impact on her? Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss Habib's first relationship with a queer man, Alex. What does Habib learn, about the world and about herself, through this relationship? What does having this relationship enable Habib to do? Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay defining the concept of home from Habib's perspective. What makes a home for Habib? Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

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