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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. Clarifying the man they want is _____, not Hossain, the judge accuses the agents of making a simple mistake in Section 12: Chapter 15.
(a) Hassein.
(b) Huston.
(c) Hussein.
(d) Hossein.

2. Who joins the Hossains in the courtroom in Section 14: Chapter 18?
(a) Tareq.
(b) Mr. Friedlander.
(c) Cassie David.
(d) Mr. Rashid.

3. After Nadira and Aisha organize their letters and send them they celebrate with what in Section 9: Chapter 11?
(a) Milkshakes.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Sundaes.
(d) Champagne.

4. When Nadira asks Aisha why she skipped her interview, Aisha confesses she was what, in Section 10: Chapter 12?
(a) Scared.
(b) Angry.
(c) Stoned.
(d) Drunk.

5. Where does Nadira sit in the playground where Ma brought her and Aisha when they first moved to Queens in Section 13: Chapter 16?
(a) On a bench.
(b) On the monkey bars.
(c) On the swingset.
(d) On the slide.

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. What are seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women's colleges?

3. Aisha yells out in her sleep at night, and she confesses she had a nightmare about what in Section 9: Chapter 11?

4. What means the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country?

5. Who talks about how her graduation present will be visiting her grandparents in India in Section 9: Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Tareq describe the process of fake documentation in Section 11: Chapter 14?

5. What does Aisha do with her college acceptance letters in Section 13: Chapter 16? Why?

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

7. Where does Tarez take Nadira in Section 11: Chapter 14? What does Nadira decide to do there?

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

9. Who does Nadira meet on the Barnard campus during Aisha's interview in Section 10: Chapter 12? What does she think of the campus?

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

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