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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. Nadira's father took her to the city pool at what park to teach her to swim as a child?
(a) Prospect Park.
(b) Brooklyn Heights Park.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Flushing Meadows Park.

2. When Nadira meets Aisha after her interview at Barnard College, Aisha is doing what by the front gate in Section 10: Chapter 12?
(a) Crying.
(b) Calling her mother.
(c) Singing.
(d) Vomiting.

3. What means the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country?
(a) Deportation.
(b) Incarceration.
(c) Indictment.
(d) Negligence.

4. Aisha does not open what, which arrives in Section 13: Chapter 16?
(a) Deportation forms.
(b) College acceptance letters.
(c) Financial Aid award letters.
(d) Her exam grades.

5. What are seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women's colleges?
(a) The Seven Sisters.
(b) The Seven Stars.
(c) The Seven Statehoods.
(d) The Seven Sororities.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nadira's family stops for lunch on their way to their final appeal, Nadira and Aisha joke about going where?

2. 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?

3. Clarifying the man they want is _____, not Hossain, the judge accuses the agents of making a simple mistake in Section 12: Chapter 15.

4. Where are Uncle and Auntie planning to return in Section 13: Chapter 16?

5. What is an academic title given to the second highest graduate of the entire graduating class of a specific discipline?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What tension breaks the celebrations in Section 13: Chapter 16?

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

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

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

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