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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chanu tell Dr. Azad that his plan is?
(a) to teacvh at the university
(b) to buy a new car
(c) to own a country estate
(d) to be successful and return to Pakistan

2. Hasina writes that she has received a proposal of marriage from:
(a) Adbul
(b) Hussain
(c) Ahmed
(d) Mr. Chowdhury

3. What is Chanu so concerned with at his work?
(a) a feud with his boss
(b) office policy
(c) promotion
(d) salary

4. Chanu is teaching his daughter to recite:
(a) their school lessons
(b) their ABCs
(c) My Golden Bengal
(d) English literature

5. Nazneen wants Hasina to:
(a) find another job
(b) go back to her husband
(c) come to London
(d) return to their village

6. What does Chanu believe about the tunes he sings to the child in Nazneen's womb?
(a) the child will recognize them when he is born
(b) it makes him happy
(c) Nazneen finds it amusing
(d) he is proving to Nazneen that he wants the child

7. Where do Chanu and Nazneen go on their Sunday outing?
(a) to the house of Dr. Azad
(b) shopping
(c) to visit Mrs. Islam
(d) to a rstaurant

8. How does Chanu rationalize the use of alcohol?
(a) Pakistani immigrants must fit in to British culture
(b) alcohol is healthy
(c) even the Saudi royal family drinks alcohol
(d) he is not religious

9. When Mrs. Islam wants to take the baby for several hours, Nazneen:
(a) says no
(b) says they can visit in her home
(c) thanks her for helping
(d) says Chanu forbids it

10. Nazneen concludes that Dr. Azad visits their flat to:
(a) help Chanu obtain his goals
(b) enjoy their company
(c) observe unhappiness greater than his own
(d) eat Nazneen's traditional cooking

11. As Nazneen is walking around lost, what does she think of:
(a) her favorite sura from the Qur'an
(b) her mother
(c) her baby
(d) talking to Mrs. Islam

12. Why can't Raiza secure employment?
(a) she has no skills
(b) her husband says he will kill her
(c) she doesn't want to wrok
(d) she has children

13. When Mrs. Islam visits, Nazneen learns that:
(a) Raiza owes her money
(b) Mrs. Islam is moving
(c) Chanu borrowed money from her
(d) Chanu is seeing another woman

14. Which of the following is not true about Raiza?
(a) she is angry at her husband
(b) she stopped wearing a sari
(c) she maintains a traditional Pakistani household
(d) she is beginning to swear

15. Chanu brings Nazneen her:
(a) tasbee
(b) jewelry
(c) new sari
(d) clean clothing

Short Answer Questions

1. Rupban's baby is named:

2. What does Shahana do that irritates Chanu?

3. What do Dr. Azad and Chanu feel most Pakistani immigrants do?

4. Who looks after Hasina?

5. Hasina is living in a respectable district in Narayanganji in:

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