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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10: Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ma stay when Abba is detained in order to wait for his release in Section 2: Chapter 2?
(a) Albany.
(b) Allentown.
(c) Boston.
(d) Burlington.

2. What does the school counselor tell Nadira about Aisha's interview at Barnard College in Section 10: Chapter 12?
(a) Aisha walked out of the interview.
(b) Aisha didn't show up.
(c) Aisha called in sick.
(d) Aisha did horribly in the interview.

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

4. In what year did a drought cause Nadira's great-grandparents to move to a small village in Bangladesh?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1943.

5. Who does Nadira attempt to cheat off of in her geometry quiz in Section 5: Chapter 6?
(a) Cassie David.
(b) Aisha.
(c) Tim.
(d) Lily Yee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aisha boasts about getting what grade in U. S. Government in Section 9: Chapter 11?

2. Aisha tells Nadira that she needs to do what, now that she is in charge in Section 3: Chapter 4?

3. 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?

4. When Nadira asks Aisha why she skipped her interview, Aisha confesses she was what, in Section 10: Chapter 12?

5. What is Nadira's last name in the novel?

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