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

2. Nadira recounts how the first lawyer they hired to make them legal was investigated for what?
(a) Bank robbery.
(b) Fraud.
(c) Treason.
(d) Terrorism.

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

4. Who approaches and offers to help get a fake green card for Abba in Section 7: Chapter 9?
(a) Taslima.
(b) Ali-uncle.
(c) Mr. Rashid.
(d) Tareq.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Nadira's older sister?

2. Nadira's family is driving where to seek asylum in the beginning of the book?

3. What is the name of the second lawyer that the Hossains hire to make them legal?

4. Aisha tells Nadira she has been nominated for what in Section 5: Chapter 6?

5. What is a word for God used in the context of Islam?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where do Abba's children and wife go when he is detained in Section 2: Chapter 2? What does he tell them?

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

5. What scene does Aisha make publicly in Section 6: Chapter 8? Why?

6. Who accosts Nadira on the bus in Section 5: Chapter 6? What is Nadira's response?

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

8. What interaction does Nadira have with her sister at school in Section 5: Chapter 6? How does she feel about it?

9. What interaction does Nadira have with Tareq in Section 4: Chapter 5? How does she describe this character?

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

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