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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abba tell his daughters to say at school after he is detained in Section 2: Chapter 2?
(a) That he is detained.
(b) That he is sick.
(c) Nothing.
(d) That they are being deported.

2. What school counselor informs Aisha that he has arranged a college interview for her in Section 4: Chapter 5?
(a) Mr. Friedlander.
(b) Mr. Anderson.
(c) Mr. Chen.
(d) Mr. Smith.

3. Where does the second lawyer hired by the Hossains say it had been a mistake for them to go?
(a) Canada.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Mexico.

4. How much money does the officer tell Abba he must put together for a bond to apply for asylum in Canada again in Section 2: Chapter 2?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $3,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $4,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does INS stand for?

2. Nadira's family hired their second immigration lawyer after who saw him on television and convinced him to take their case?

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

4. Who mocks Aisha and Nadira for thinking they can make a difference in Section 7: Chapter 9?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tim inform Nadira and Aisha regarding their father at the end of Section 5: Chapter 6?

2. What does Abba's family do once he is taken away in Section 2: Chapter 2? How do they feel?

3. How does Nadira feel about her sister? How does she describe Aisha in Section 1: Chapter 1?

4. How does Nadira describe the final stretch to the Canadian border in Section 2: Chapter 2?

5. What does Abba tell the border officer in Section 2: Chapter 2? What does the officer respond?

6. Where does Nadira go to visit Ali-uncle in Section 4: Chapter 5? How is this character described?

7. What Partition does Nadira describe in Section 3: Chapter 3? What was its impact on the Bengali people?

8. What do Aisha and Nadira learn from their mother in Section 7: Chapter 9? Who approaches, attempting to help?

9. Where does Aisha take Nadira in Section 6: Chapter 8? Why?

10. How have Nadira's feelings about her sister changed at the end of Section 7: Chapter 9? Why?

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