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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ma stay while in Burlington when Abba is detained?
(a) An adjoining prison.
(b) A Salvation Army shelter.
(c) A Hilton hotel.
(d) A Super 8 motel.

2. What forms did Aisha apparently not fill out, according to the school counselors in Section 10: Chapter 12?
(a) Her marriage certificate.
(b) College entrance forms.
(c) Financial aid forms.
(d) Graduation forms.

3. At what time does a police officer finally tell the family that Uncle is being detained in Section 8: Chapter 10?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) 5 a.m.
(c) 7 a.m.
(d) 8 a.m.

4. What is a document showing that a person is authorized to enter the territory for which it was issued, subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry?
(a) Immigration License.
(b) Deportation papers.
(c) Alien papers.
(d) Visa.

5. What does Auntie do until Taslima leads her to a corner diner where they eat breakfast after Uncle is detained in Section 8: Chapter 10?
(a) Screams at the police.
(b) Does cartwheels.
(c) Turns in circles.
(d) Calls her mother.

6. What does the school counselor tell Nadira about Aisha's interview at Barnard College in Section 10: Chapter 12?
(a) Aisha didn't show up.
(b) Aisha called in sick.
(c) Aisha did horribly in the interview.
(d) Aisha walked out of the interview.

7. What does Nadira decide to do at the end of Section 11: Chapter 14?
(a) Give over the money.
(b) Call her father.
(c) Call Uncle.
(d) Run away.

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

9. Where do Auntie and Nadira take a cab to get Uncle in Section 9: Chapter 11?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New Jersey.

10. What is an ancient juridical notion, under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his or her own country may be protected by another sovereign authority?
(a) Right of asylum.
(b) Right of institution.
(c) Right of arbitration.
(d) Right of immigration.

11. What refers to the point in the story where the main character's point of view changes, or the most exciting part of the story in literature?
(a) Denouement.
(b) Falling Action.
(c) Rising Action.
(d) Climax.

12. What is an academic title conferred upon the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony?
(a) Orator.
(b) Valedictorian.
(c) Salutatorian.
(d) Catalyst.

13. 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?
(a) 30 days.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 6 months.

14. Who does Nadira discover has disappeared in Section 13: Chapter 16?
(a) Mr. Rashid.
(b) Tareq.
(c) Ali-uncle.
(d) Abba.

15. Where does Nadira's family stop for lunch on their way to their final appeal in Section 14: Chapter 18?
(a) Wendy's.
(b) Burger King.
(c) Pizza Hut.
(d) McDonald's.

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. Uncle and Auntie had called Ma to tell her that Nadira had what, in the beginning of Section 12: Chapter 15?

3. Who joins the Hossains in the courtroom in Section 14: Chapter 18?

4. In Section 8: Chapter 10, Nadira wakes as Immigration arrives to demand documentation from whom?

5. Nadira looks at Abba's paperwork and thinks she has found a way to save him. Worried her discovery will not be enough and she needs something bigger, she arranges to meet with whom in Section 11: Chapter 13?

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