Brick Lane Summary

1)

Who had Chanu received a letter from? (from Chapter 6)

Mrs. Islam

Nazneen's father

Hasina

a relative requesting money

2)

Nazneen gets Mrs. Islam to forgive their debt by: (from Chapter 20)

refusing to pay

telling her to swear on the Qur'an that she is not a usurer

throwing them out

threatening to call the plice

3)

Hasina is living in a respectable district in Narayanganji in: (from Chapter 7)

a room with a concrete floor with partially plastered walls

a small hut

a rooming house

the house of a family

4)

Raiza tells Nazneen that Mrs. Islam is: (from Chapter 6)

involved in smuggling

a sweet old lady

duty

usurer

5)

Hasina writes that she has received a proposal of marriage from: (from Chapter 7)

Hussain

Adbul

Ahmed

Mr. Chowdhury

6)

Shahana is bored with the Internet because she: (from Chapter 9)

would rather play Internet games

has access to the Internet at school

isn't interested in her father's lessons

would rather play with dolls

7)

Nazneen plans to tell Chanu: (from Chapter 20)

the night before

she will disappear before he leaves

at the airport

an hour before he is to leave for the airport

8)

When Nazneen goes out to look for Shahana, she: (from Chapter 21)

is arrested

bumps into Karim

is caught in the riot

is photographed by the press

9)

When Mrs. Islam visits, Nazneen learns that: (from Chapter 8)

Raiza owes her money

Mrs. Islam is moving

Chanu is seeing another woman

Chanu borrowed money from her

10)

Hasina works in a: (from Chapter 7)

bar

store

garment factory

restaurant

11)

Mrs. Islam tells Nazneen that after their debt is repaid, she will: (from Chapter 14)

loan them more money

help Chanu find a good job

pay for their ticvkets to Bangledesh

hold a big going away party for them

12)

What does Nazneen refer to as the eternal three way torture? (from Chapter 9)

daughter-father-daughter

husband-wife-daughter

husband-wife-husband

daughter-wife-daughter

13)

What happens to Hasina's job at the garment factory? (from Chapter 7)

she transfers to a different factory

she is fired

she quits

she is promoted

14)

Nazneen thinks her relationship with Karim will: (from Chapter 17)

be difficult for her firls to understand

bring about her death

be acceptsd by the girls

make her a social outvast

15)

Chanu brings Nazneen her: (from Chapter 6)

new sari

clean clothing

jewelry

tasbee

16)

What is passed around for all to see during the meeting at the mosque? (from Chapter 13)

pictures of children

an article by Karim

membership application

a petition

17)

During this time, Karim is: (from Chapter 17)

busy organizing a Bengal Tiger march

seeing another woman

out of town

working long hours

18)

The meeting at the mosque was attended by: (from Chapter 11)

one hundred people

fifty people

twenty people

ten people

19)

Hasina is wondering if she: (from Chapter 19)

should have children

will remain in her present employment

should marry her boyfired

should run away

20)

Nazneen learns of Shahana's plans from: (from Chapter 21)

Tariq

Bibi

Raiza

a letter

21)

What does Chanu bring home one day? (from Chapter 8)

toys for the children

new clothing

books

a sewing machine and a computer

22)

Nazneen finds herself thinking more and more of: (from Chapter 12)

Karim

Hasina

Shahana

Chanu

23)

Nazneen begins to worry about Chanu when he: (from Chapter 9)

refuses to talk to her

refuses to go out

stops reading

talks about returning to Bangledesh

24)

Karim says their top priority is to: (from Chapter 13)

support the Intifada

support the riots in Oldham

straighten out their neighborhood

raise funds for a new mosque

25)

Raiza tells Nazneen that her husband has been sending money to: (from Chapter 6)

an iman to build a mosque in the village

his sister

his mother

his brother

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