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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Abba is detained for having an expired visa, he is told that what proceedings would likely begin in Section 2: Chapter 2?
(a) Deportation proceedings.
(b) Capital punishment proceedings.
(c) Importation proceedings.
(d) Fraud proceedings.

2. After Abba is taken away, Nadira and Aisha help Ma buy a coat like one that who wore in Section 2: Chapter 2?
(a) Betty Davis.
(b) Marilyn Monroe.
(c) Jackie Kennedy.
(d) Joan Crawford.

3. Nadira and Aisha learn that Abba saved how much money for their college tuition secretly in Section 7: Chapter 9?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $3,000.

4. What sign does Nadira's family pass in Section 2: Chapter 2 that causes Abba to rub his chest?
(a) "Passports Only Lane."
(b) "Leaving the United States of America."
(c) "Now Entering the Republic of Canada."
(d) "Please Present Valid Documentation."

5. What village in Bangladesh did Nadira's great-grandparents eventually settle in?
(a) Chittagong.
(b) Dhaka.
(c) Barisal.
(d) Rajshahi.

6. What is the name of Nadira and Aisha's older cousin?
(a) Lily Yee.
(b) Abba.
(c) Tareq.
(d) Taslima.

7. What is a federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. regulations, including trade, customs and immigration?
(a) ICE.
(b) CBP.
(c) The USCIS.
(d) IATSA.

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

9. What is the name of the white law student whom Taslima dates in "Ask Me No Questions"?
(a) Tim.
(b) James.
(c) Jack.
(d) David.

10. Nadira and Aisha discover from their mother that they kept their savings with whom in Section 7: Chapter 9?
(a) Mr. Rashid.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Tim.
(d) Ali-uncle.

11. How old is Aisha in the beginning of "Ask Me No Questions"?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

12. When Nadira's great-grandparents settled in a village due to famine, they found work where?
(a) A fishing pier.
(b) A cotton farm.
(c) A canning factory.
(d) A jute farm.

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

14. Who is the young Bangladeshi man who tries to sell Nadira a fake ID for Abba in Section 4: Chapter 5?
(a) Tareq.
(b) Taslima.
(c) Tim.
(d) Abba.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Uncle works in what profession in the novel?

2. What does Aisha say about her phone to the school counselor in Section 4: Chapter 5?

3. Nadira often helps who in his newspaper store after school?

4. Aisha and Nadira map out their argument for writing the new director of immigration and who, pleading for special circumstances in Section 7: Chapter 9?

5. 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?

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