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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day do Nadira, Abba and Ma return home from a walk in the park to find an uproar at home in Section 13: Chapter 16?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Monday.

2. Who does Nadira discover her friend's father is having an affair with in Section 9: Chapter 11?
(a) A receptionist.
(b) A hairdresser.
(c) A banker.
(d) A manicurist.

3. Who argues with a female officer about using her cell phone in Section 8: Chapter 10?
(a) Taslima.
(b) Tim.
(c) Ma.
(d) Auntie.

4. What means the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country?
(a) Incarceration.
(b) Deportation.
(c) Negligence.
(d) Indictment.

5. How does Aisha say her family entered the country in Section 14: Chapter 17?
(a) With tourist visas.
(b) With green cards.
(c) Across the Mexican border.
(d) With work visas.

6. What grade is Nadira in at school in the novel?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Fifth.

7. Who is Taslima married to in Section 14: Chapter 17?
(a) Nareem.
(b) Tareq.
(c) Mr. Rashid.
(d) Tim.

8. A police officer finally tells Nadira's family that Uncle is being detained and moved to a facility where in Section 8: Chapter 10?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Brooklyn.

9. Clarifying the man they want is _____, not Hossain, the judge accuses the agents of making a simple mistake in Section 12: Chapter 15.
(a) Hussein.
(b) Hassein.
(c) Hossein.
(d) Huston.

10. What are seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women's colleges?
(a) The Seven Stars.
(b) The Seven Sororities.
(c) The Seven Sisters.
(d) The Seven Statehoods.

11. While riding the bus in Section 12: Chapter 15, an American guy starts talking to Nadira about visiting his sick mother who he has not seen in how long?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 years.

12. Who is the college counselor who meets with Nadira as well as her high school counselor in Section 10: Chapter 12?
(a) Mrs. Anderson.
(b) Mrs. Smith.
(c) Mrs. Willshire.
(d) Mrs. Roble.

13. What refers to a radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Empirism.
(d) Capitalism.

14. Nadira overhears the school counselors saying that Muslim girls often decide not to go to college after what, in Section 10: Chapter 12?
(a) Their families decide to move back.
(b) Their parents are detained.
(c) Their marriages are arranged.
(d) They become pregnant.

15. Who blames herself for being unable to convince the immigration officials to let Uncle out in Section 8: Chapter 10?
(a) Aisha.
(b) Abba.
(c) Nadira.
(d) Taslima.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tareq shows Nadira what when she gets into his car in Section 11: Chapter 14?

2. In the court, Nadira shows the court that Abba's identity has been mistaken, and she produces the $3,000 as proof that it was savings, not what?

3. Mr. Rashid told Abba the appeal will either grant the Hossains residency or they will be deported in how much time, in Section 14: Chapter 18?

4. Who comes to apologize to Nadira while she sits in the playground in Section 13: Chapter 16?

5. Uncle is furious because Aisha has helped who run away in Section 13: Chapter 16?

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