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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 13: Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day do Aisha and Nadira return to school in Section 4: Chapter 5?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Tuesday.

2. Uncle works in what profession in the novel?
(a) Catering.
(b) Sanitation.
(c) Banking.
(d) Photography.

3. What is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is a sharp incongruity or discordance that goes beyond the simple and evident intention of words or actions?
(a) Irony.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Conflict.

4. When Nadira meets Aisha after her interview at Barnard College, Aisha is doing what by the front gate in Section 10: Chapter 12?
(a) Crying.
(b) Singing.
(c) Calling her mother.
(d) Vomiting.

5. Where does Auntie work every morning in Section 9: Chapter 11?
(a) The 99 cent store.
(b) A corner bodega.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) Dunkin' Donuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the school counselor tell Nadira about Aisha's interview at Barnard College in Section 10: Chapter 12?

2. Who confides that her mom is threatening to throw her dad out in Section 9: Chapter 11?

3. After what year did the Federal government, rather than the individual states, begin regulating immigration into the United States?

4. Who argues with a female officer about using her cell phone in Section 8: Chapter 10?

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

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