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Me!
100
What is a fez?
100
A central idea or underlying message about life or human nature that a story shares through specific details (such as setting, dialogue, description, plot, and character conflict)
What is theme?
100
7 (seven)
What is the number of daughters that Mr. Pirzada has?
100
On a university campus, in the state of Massachussets
What is the setting (in terms of place) of the story?
100
Country labeled 16:
What is Pakistan?
200
Verb meaning to grant or give to
What is confer?
200
Why "Mr. Pirzada is no longer considered Indian."
What is partition? OR Pakistan and India are not part of the same country; they are different sovereign nations with their own laws and leaders.
200
Sheik Mujib Rahman
Who was the leader of Bangladesh when it became an independent (autonomous, sovereign) nation?
200
Country labeled 25:
What is Bangladesh?
200
Candy
What does Mr. Pirzada always give to Lilia?
300
Noun meaning independent self-government and one of our intellectual virtues.
What is autonomy?
300
Eat dinner, watch the news, and talk
What is the activities Lilia's parents and Mr. Pirzada engage in? (What do Lilia's parents and Mr. Pirzada do when he comes to their home?)
300
Why Lilia began to study Mr. Pirzada with extra care.
What is Lilia's knowledge that Mr. Pirzada is not Indian?
300
Dacca
What is the capital of Bangladesh?
300
People who are citizens of the same country
What is compatriots?
400
What is jute?
400
Why Mr. Pirzada is so worried about Lilia and wants to go with her trick or treating.
What is Lilia's reminding Mr. Pirzada of his daughters whom he cannot protect because they are still in Bangladesh and he is in the United States.
400
Theme or feeling this quote identifies: "To celebrate the goods news my mother prepared a special dinner that evening, and when we sat down to eat at the coffee table we toasted our water glasses, but I did not feel like celebrating. Though I had not seen him for months, it was only then that I felt Mr. Pirzada's absence. It was only then, raising my water glass in his name, that I knew what it meant to miss someone who was so many miles and hours away, just as he had missed his wife and daughters for so many months."
What is empathy?
400
1947
What is the year India gained independence from Great Britain? What is the year Pakistan and India became different countries
400
Verb meaning to surrender or acknowledge defeat.
What is concede?
500
a war fought between groups of people living in the same country
What is a civil war?
500
Their shared customs, eating habits, language, birth place, being parents, and their identities as intellectuals (professors)
What are some of the bonds that bind Mr. Pirzada and Lilia's parents.
500
Theme this quote supports: "We live here now, she was born here. ... Imagine having to place her in a decent school. Imagine her having to read during power failures by the light of kerosene lamps. Imagine the pressures, the tutors, the constant exams."
What is the experience of being an immigrant?
500
1971 (two parts)
What is the year the story takes place AND the year Bangladesh becomes a sovereign nation (or gained independence from Pakistan)?
500
Synonym of autonomy. Used in reference to nation states. Means independence.
What is sovereignty (or sovereign)?