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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 surprised Habib when she began praying for the first time in a decade at Unity Mosque?

2. Where did Habib meet Hassan?

3. What is one of the absolutes about Habib's life that she can be sure of?

4. How much older than Habib was Alex?

5. What place has Habib been connected to through her photo project?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the first person to ask Habib if she was thinking about ending her second marriage?

2. Who was Zainab?

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

4. What did Habib's therapist mean when she suggested Habib "re-parent herself"?

5. When did Habib start attending therapy, and why?

6. How did Habib come out to her mother?

7. Where did Habib travel to following her split from Peter?

8. What did Habib realize about herself that she learned through Alex?

9. Who was Abi?

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

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 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 how Habib's relationship to her faith, Islam, changes throughout the book. Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your thinking.

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