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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 is Sol Jozefowicz?

2. What is Alsana wearing on her head that Samad makes fun of?

3. What game do the older Jamaican men play at O'Connell's?

4. What is Millat's group of friends called?

5. What does Kelvin Hero give Archie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the "End of the World Party 1975"?

2. Why does Hortense Bowden consider both herself and her daughter to be miracles?

3. What is Shiva's reaction to Samad's admission that he has fallen for an English woman?

4. What do Samad and Alsana argue about?

5. Who is Mad Mary?

6. What is Archie's theory about the incident involving Pande?

7. Describe the difference between Millat and Magid Iqbal.

8. Describe the conditions in which Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal met.

9. How does the Pakistani community react to Magid's having been sent away?

10. What argument does Neena have with Alsana?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Magid and Millat Iqbal are close as children and are then separated. What is the connection between them? Is it different than that of non-twin siblings? How?

Essay Topic 2

How does FutureMouse and Joyce Chalfen's gardening parallel the relationship that Joyce and Marcus develop with Millat and Irie?

Essay Topic 3

What is the meaning and significance of the phrases "to the pure all things are pure" and "can't say fairer than that"?

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