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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. Who is the college counselor who meets with Nadira as well as her high school counselor in Section 10: Chapter 12?
2. Where are Uncle and Auntie planning to return in Section 13: Chapter 16?
3. Nadira spies on the woman her friend's father is suspected of having an affair with and gains access to her apartment building by claiming to be selling what?
4. In literature, what is the inherent incompatibility between the objectives of two or more characters or forces?
5. What are seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women's colleges?
Short Essay Questions
1. What commotion awakens Nadira in Section 8: Chapter 10? How is the scene described?
2. How does Nadira feel about being included with Aisha's friends at school in Section 9: Chapter 11?
3. What does Mr. Friedlander accost Aisha about in Section 10: Chapter 12? What is Aisha's response?
4. Who joins Nadira's family at the police station in Section 8: Chapter 10? What is the reaction to his presence?
5. How does Aisha begin her valedictorian speech in Section 14: Chapter 17?
6. What happens at the beginning of the preliminary hearing in Section 12: Chapter 15?
7. How does the family react when Uncle is detained in Section 8: Chapter 10? What do they attempt to do?
8. How does Aisha feel upon arriving for her interview at Barnard in Section 10: Chapter 12?
9. What does Aisha admit to Nadira when she joins her in the playground in Section 13: Chapter 16?
10. Where does Tarez take Nadira in Section 11: Chapter 14? What does Nadira decide to do there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss and analyze the theme of alienation in the novel. How did Nadira's family feel alienated prior to the detainments? How is this theme embodied in each of the members of the Hossain family in Section 9: Chapter 11?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss and analyze Nadira's developing plans to help her father in Section 7: Chapter 9. Who do Aisha and Nadira hope to write to and what do they hope to accomplish with their letters? Who mocks the sisters for attempting to find a solution through this means? Why?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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