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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Aisha say about her phone to the school counselor in Section 4: Chapter 5?
2. Where does Ma stay when Abba is detained in order to wait for his release in Section 2: Chapter 2?
3. What is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is a sharp incongruity or discordance that goes beyond the simple and evident intention of words or actions?
4. When was the U.S.A. Patriot Act signed into law?
5. What is Nadira's last name in the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Nadira feel about her sister? How does she describe Aisha in Section 1: Chapter 1?
2. How does Nadira describe the final stretch to the Canadian border in Section 2: Chapter 2?
3. What argument does Nadira have with Uncle in Section 5: Chapter 6? What excuse does Auntie give?
4. How does Nadira describe her family's settling in Dhaka in Section 3: Chapter 3?
5. When do Nadira and Aisha return to school in Section 4: Chapter 5? Who first approaches them? Why?
6. What thoughts consume the Nadira and Aisha in Section 1: Chapter 1 as the family drives to seek asylum?
7. What does Nadira think about her sister on the ride back home in Section 3: Chapter 4? What do they talk about?
8. What does Abba tell the border officer in Section 2: Chapter 2? What does the officer respond?
9. What does Nadira relate of her sense of moral goodness in Section 6: Chapter 7? How does she relate this to her ancestry?
10. Where does Aisha take Nadira in Section 6: Chapter 8? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of family in the novel. What symbolism supports this theme? How does Nadira feel about her family, and how do these feelings progress in the narrative? How does the Hossain family evolve in the story?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the events and the actions of the U.S. Government following 9/11 and their impact on illegal and legal immigrants in the country. How did the lives of legal Muslim immigrants change after the Patriot Act? What are some real-life examples of the discrimination against Muslims following 9/11 in America? How are these events related in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the impact of Uncle's detention on the Hossain family. How does Auntie react to her husband's incarceration? Why does Aisha blame herself for Uncle's detention? How does Nadira feel about the situation?
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