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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. How much money does Nadira intend to give Tareq for the green card in Section 11: Chapter 14?
(a) $500.
(b) $3,000.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $5,000.

2. Who stops going out and begins skipping her school activities and avoiding her friends in Section 9: Chapter 11?
(a) Lily Yee.
(b) Ma.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Auntie.

3. Barnard College is located in what neighborhood of Manhattan?
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) Morningside Heights.
(c) Chelsea.
(d) TriBeCa.

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

5. Aisha yells out in her sleep at night, and she confesses she had a nightmare about what in Section 9: Chapter 11?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Being detained.
(c) Being killed.
(d) Being abandoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who argues with a female officer about using her cell phone in Section 8: Chapter 10?

2. In literature, what refers to the struggle occurring within a character's mind?

3. In Section 11: Chapter 13, Nadira recalls how who was praised in Dhaka for being a great swimmer and for his strong lungs?

4. Where does Ma stay while in Burlington when Abba is detained?

5. What language do the members of Nadira's family speak principally?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aisha's behavior and demeanor change in Section 9: Chapter 11? How does Taslima's?

2. What dream does Nadira describe in the beginning of Section 14: Chapter 18? Who awakens her, and why?

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

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

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

6. What happens at the beginning of the preliminary hearing in Section 12: Chapter 15?

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

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

9. What does Nadira discover about Lily Yee's father in Section 9: Chapter 11? How?

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

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