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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the border officer tell Abba when he explains his family is seeking asylum in Section 2: Chapter 2?
(a) They are happy to take in the family.
(b) They are not accepting Muslim immigrants.
(c) They are overwhelmed with immigrants.
(d) They are no longer offering asylum.

2. According to the narrator, Ma's spirits lifted after Abba got cable because she loves watching what?
(a) Cooking shows.
(b) Cartoons.
(c) Soap operas.
(d) Singing shows.

3. What is the name of Nadira's older sister?
(a) Lily Yee.
(b) Abba.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Taslima.

4. After Abba is taken away, Nadira and Aisha help Ma buy a coat that is what color in Section 2: Chapter 2?
(a) Pink.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Purple.

5. Nadira's older sister cries as the family passes through Boston because she has always wanted to do what?
(a) Attend Columbia.
(b) Attend Yale.
(c) Attend Harvard.
(d) Attend Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the officer tell Abba he must put together for a bond to apply for asylum in Canada again in Section 2: Chapter 2?

2. In what grade was Aisha when she decided which clique of girls she wanted to befriend and begged Ma to buy her the same clothes, according to the narrator?

3. In what year did a drought cause Nadira's great-grandparents to move to a small village in Bangladesh?

4. When Bengal was divided in the Partition, the side which belonged to India held mostly what?

5. Once, Nadira came home to find what burning in a pan, and she ran outside to find Ma crying on a park bench?

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