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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. Nadira often helps who in his newspaper store after school?

2. Taslima claims that "the only way to fight a political situation is to" what, in Section 7: Chapter 9?

3. Where has the school counselor arranged for a college interview for Aisha in Section 4: Chapter 5?

4. Nadira recounts how the first lawyer they hired to make them legal was investigated for what?

5. How old is Aisha in the beginning of "Ask Me No Questions"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tim inform Nadira and Aisha regarding their father at the end of Section 5: Chapter 6?

2. What argument does Nadira have with Uncle in Section 5: Chapter 6? What excuse does Auntie give?

3. What does Abba tell the border officer in Section 2: Chapter 2? What does the officer respond?

4. When do Nadira and Aisha return to school in Section 4: Chapter 5? Who first approaches them? Why?

5. What interaction does Nadira have with her sister at school in Section 5: Chapter 6? How does she feel about it?

6. What does Nadira say her father has taught her about morality in America in Section 6: Chapter 7?

7. What do Aisha and Nadira learn from their mother in Section 7: Chapter 9? Who approaches, attempting to help?

8. How does Nadira feel about her sister? How does she describe Aisha in Section 1: Chapter 1?

9. What scene does Aisha make publicly in Section 6: Chapter 8? Why?

10. How does Nadira describe her family's settling in Dhaka in Section 3: Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact of 9/11 on illegal immigrants in the United States. What did the Patriot Act include which caused panic amongst these immigrants? How is this panic reflected in the novel? What were the numbers of immigrants who fled to Canada during this period?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of moral goodness in the novel. How is this theme related through Abba's past and his brother's death? How does Nadira represent this theme through her actions?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the plot structure of Ask Me No Questions, identifying and discussing the exposition, rising action, climax, and denouement of the novel. How traditional is Budhos's story structure in the narrative? Are there subplots, and if so, what do they relate?

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