Characters & Setting
The town in Mojave Dessert where the story is set
Juniper
What type of conflict is person v. self?
Internal.
When an author compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"
A simile.
The novel frequently uses descriptions of light and darkness to represent hope, fear, suffering, and uncertainty. What type of literary device is this?
Symbolism.
Where does Noor get accepted to college?
UCLA
The name of Noor's strict uncle
Chachu (Riaz)
This internal conflict causes Salahudin to question his own identity, his faith, and whether he is living up to the expectations placed upon him.
Character vs. self
Elizabeth Bishop wrote the famous poem “One Art,” which focuses primarily on what experience?
Loss.
What theme topic would go with this theme: True friendship requires endurance, and forgiveness is essential for healing past wounds
Friendship and Forgiveness
What place does Khadija take Noor on the way back home from the court?
In-N-Out Burger
The girl who bullies Noor
Jamie Jensen
Why does Salahudin initially become involved in selling alcohol?
He is trying to help keep the Juniper Motel financially afloat.
What figurative element is used here:
"I'll survive this. I'll live. But there's a hole in me, never to be filled..."
Metaphor
Can be: suffering, loss of innocence, suppressed memory
What is Misbah's famous saying to Noor?
"If we are lost, God is like water, finding the unknowable path when we cannot."
The person who provides spiritual guidance to Sal and Noor
Imam Shafiq
What does Sal hide from Noor and what ends up happening as a consequence?
Sal hides selling drugs, and they get arrested.
What figurative element is used here?
"As I waited for him to speak, I read the titles. The bright yellow one is called Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. Atop that, a book called The Sun Is Also A Star."
Allusion
What is the symbolism behind Veil Meadows?
Veil Meadows is an escape from Juniper and reality; it can also represent the "calm before the storm."
What does Sal do in court to get Noor exonerated?
Tell the truth and take all the blame.
The cousin of Sal's inital girlfriend also known as the school drug dealer
Art
Name one major internal conflict and one major external conflict experienced by Noor throughout the novel.
Teacher's Choice
Bishop's poem repeatedly says that losing something is “no disaster,” even as the losses become increasingly devastating. What does this contradiction reveal about the speaker?
The speaker is attempting to convince herself that she can control or accept loss even though the final losses clearly cause profound emotional pain.
What is a universal theme that is present in the novel?
Teacher's Choice.
How did the motel get its name?
The Cloud's Rest Inn hopefully provides rest and refugee to others just like it did for Misbah and Toufiq.