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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. Azad advises Chanu to:
(a) not to be so ambitious
(b) forget about returning to Pakistan
(c) eat more slowly
(d) forget about his desired promotion

2. The story of Nazneen's birth was often told to her as:
(a) The Miracle of Nanzeen
(b) Banesa's Story
(c) How You Were Left to Your Fate
(d) Nazneen's Story

3. What does Nazneen refer to as the eternal three way torture?
(a) daughter-father-daughter
(b) husband-wife-husband
(c) daughter-wife-daughter
(d) husband-wife-daughter

4. Karim invites Chanu and Nazneen to:
(a) a meeting at the mosque
(b) the theater
(c) his mother's home for tea
(d) his uncle's home for dinner

5. Who is helping Hasina flee to Dhaka?
(a) her mother-in-law
(b) her father
(c) her landlady
(d) her boyfriend

6. Mrs. Islam tells Nazneen the story of:
(a) her husband's job search
(b) how the women of her village persuaded the men to dig a well
(c) her life
(d) her son's travels

7. Chanu does not feel that:
(a) Nezneen is a good wife
(b) Mrs. Islam is a good influence on Nazneen
(c) Raiza is respectable
(d) Mrs. Islam is respectable

8. Nazneen wants Chanu to:
(a) to move to the country
(b) to quit his job
(c) go to Dhaka to find Hasina
(d) talk to Hasina's husband

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

10. Why does Hasina feel that Nazneen is depressed:
(a) her husband is unemployed
(b) her letters are short
(c) Nazneen says she is unhappy
(d) Nazneen wants a different kind of life

11. Who admits Nazneen and Chanu to Dr. Azad's house?
(a) Dr. Azad
(b) the daughter
(c) a servant
(d) Mrs. Azad

12. Nazneen begins to worry about Chanu when he:
(a) talks about returning to Bangledesh
(b) refuses to go out
(c) refuses to talk to her
(d) stops reading

13. What did the sister Hasina do at the age of sixteen?
(a) went to work as a prostitute
(b) eloped
(c) left for college
(d) took a job in the city

14. Nazneen tells Raiza that Chanu feels that the reason he hasn't yet received his promotion is due to:
(a) a slow economy
(b) he isn't due for a promotion
(c) he hasn't yet completed his degree
(d) discrimination

15. Raiza complains that her husband:
(a) sends too much money home
(b) is seeing another woman
(c) deserted her
(d) won't work

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Karim?

2. Nazneen wants to work to save money to:

3. Nazneen found her way home after being lost by:

4. Nazneen's husband is:

5. Raiza now works at a:

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