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

2. Who did Aisha and Nadira speak to, revealing the truth about their family, in order for Aisha to become valedictorian?
(a) Ali-uncle.
(b) Mr. Friedlander.
(c) Mr. Robeson.
(d) Mr. Rashid.

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

4. Who joins Nadira's family at the station house when Immigration arrives demanding documentation in Section 8: Chapter 10?
(a) Mr. Rashid.
(b) Ma.
(c) Tim.
(d) Abba.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In literature, what is the inherent incompatibility between the objectives of two or more characters or forces?

2. Nadira spies on the woman her friend's father is suspected of having an affair with and gains access to her apartment building by claiming to be selling what?

3. A police officer finally tells Nadira's family that Uncle is being detained and moved to a facility where in Section 8: Chapter 10?

4. What is the capital of Bangladesh?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the judge's decision in the final immigration appeal of the Hossains in Section 14: Chapter 18?

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

3. What memory of her father does Nadira relate in the beginning of Section 11: Chapter 13?

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

5. What is the judge's response to Nadira's statements to the court in Section 12: Chapter 15?

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

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

8. How does Aisha close her valedictorian speech in Section 14: Chapter 17?

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

10. What does Nadira tell the court at Abba's preliminary hearing in Section 12: Chapter 15?

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