Study questions

On this page, we suggest a number of study questions that can help you get started with your analysis of “The Jam Maker” by Huma Qureshi.

Structure

• Is the plot structure chronological or non-chronological?
• When is there a plot twist in relation to the narrator?
• What does the ending tell us about the adult narrator?

Characters

• What characterizes the child narrator’s relationship with her parents?
• In what ways do the parents have different approaches to integration?
• How does the narr