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

2. What law required Muslim men to register, and these men were often detained or deported, according to the author in the Endnote?
(a) The Special Registration law.
(b) National Security Letter.
(c) The Fifth Amendment.
(d) Indefinite detention.

3. When Nadira's family stops for lunch on their way to their final appeal, Nadira and Aisha joke about going where?
(a) To Mexico.
(b) To Argentina.
(c) To Canada.
(d) To Brazil.

4. Along what border does Nadira's hope to stop and apply for asylum in Section 2: Chapter 2?
(a) Vermont/Canada.
(b) New York/Canada.
(c) North Dakota/Canada.
(d) California/Mexico.

5. 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?
(a) Sixth.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Third.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the hearing begins in Section 12: Chapter 15, the judge says they have grounds for deportation since Abba changed residences how many times without informing the INS?

2. Who invites Nadira to sit with her friends at lunch in Section 5: Chapter 6?

3. What is the incarceration of an arrested person by a national government or law enforcement agency without a trial?

4. What reporter friend of Mr. Friedlander's wrote an anonymous article about the Hossains after Mr. Friedlander told her their story?

5. How many of the twenty questions on Nadira's geometry quiz does she complete in Section 5: Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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