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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. 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) 6 months.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

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

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

4. Where does Nadira take a bus in the beginning of Section 12: Chapter 15?
(a) Boston.
(b) Burlington.
(c) New Paltz.
(d) Albany.

5. Who does Uncle blame for sending Abba to Canada?
(a) Tareq.
(b) Nadira.
(c) Tim.
(d) Aisha.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who stops going out and begins skipping her school activities and avoiding her friends in Section 9: Chapter 11?

3. Nadira meets an Asian girl who is studying to become what while visiting Barnard College in Section 10: Chapter 12?

4. Who confides that her mom is threatening to throw her dad out in Section 9: Chapter 11?

5. When Nadira asks Aisha why she skipped her interview, Aisha confesses she was what, in Section 10: Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the family react when Uncle is detained in Section 8: Chapter 10? What do they attempt to do?

2. What is the treatment like that Nadira's family receives at the police station in Section 8: Chapter 10?

3. Who joins Nadira's family at the police station in Section 8: Chapter 10? What is the reaction to his presence?

4. How does Aisha begin her valedictorian speech in Section 14: Chapter 17?

5. What does Mr. Friedlander accost Aisha about in Section 10: Chapter 12? What is Aisha's response?

6. What is Aisha's response when Nadira asks how she could skip her interview in Section 10: Chapter 12?

7. What does Nadira do in order to save her father in Section 11: Chapter 13? Who does she see first?

8. How does Aisha feel upon arriving for her interview at Barnard in Section 10: Chapter 12?

9. What uproar do the Hossains find when they arrive home from the park in Section 13: Chapter 16?

10. What commotion awakens Nadira in Section 8: Chapter 10? How is the scene described?

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