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Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What does Isma’s decision to move to the United States symbolize?

A) Her desire to get away from her family

B) Her hopes that she can start over in America

C) Her willingness to give Aneeka more space

D) Her fear that she will not have a community

2. Which of the following best describes Aneeka’s feelings about Isma reporting Parvaiz to the police?

A) She feels that Isma has betrayed their family.

B) She feels that Isma will report her, too.

C) She feels that she is lost without her brother.

D) She feels that she would have made the same decision eventually.

3. With whom does Isma compare Parvaiz?

A) Her sister

B) Her father

C) Her mother

D) Her mentor

4. Which of the following best describes how the novel presents Isma’s situation as a British Muslim woman?

A) Strong

B) Fragile

C) Changing

D) Tense

5. How does Eamonn view Islam differently than Isma?

A) Eamonn sees Islam as a blessing; Isma sees it as a burden.

B) Eamonn sees Islam as an opportunity; Isma sees it as a burden.

C) Eamonn sees Islam as a burden; Isma sees it as an ancillary part of her life.

D) Eamonn sees Islam as a burden; Isma sees it as a way of viewing the world.

6. What is suggested by Karamat’s reaction to Eamonn’s questions about Aneeka and Parvaiz?