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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Nadira's father take upon arriving in the United States?
(a) Dry-cleaner.
(b) Banker.
(c) Waiter.
(d) Baker.

2. Where do Nadira and Aisha go to help Ma buy a coat in Section 2: Chapter 2?
(a) The Salvation Army.
(b) Wal-Mart.
(c) Macy's.
(d) Burlington Coat Factory.

3. Nadira's family is driving where to seek asylum in the beginning of the book?
(a) France.
(b) Mexico.
(c) The United States.
(d) Canada.

4. What is the name of Nadira's father in the novel?
(a) Taslima.
(b) Tim.
(c) Abba.
(d) Tareq.

5. When was the U.S.A. Patriot Act signed into law?
(a) November 20, 2001.
(b) October 26, 2001.
(c) October 11, 2002.
(d) September 12, 2001.

Short Answer Questions

1. What location in New York Harbor was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States?

2. Nadira recounts how the first lawyer they hired to make them legal was investigated for what?

3. What is the name of the white law student whom Taslima dates in "Ask Me No Questions"?

4. Who is the young Bangladeshi man who tries to sell Nadira a fake ID for Abba in Section 4: Chapter 5?

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

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