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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shahana tells Nazneen that if they move to Bangladesh, she will:
(a) run away
(b) accept her father's decision
(c) look forward to the move
(d) eagerly accept their customs

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

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

4. What will Chanu have within several months of the dinner with Dr. Azad?
(a) a second degree from a British university
(b) a new car
(c) a new job
(d) a new house

5. What does Nazneen feel is not true about Chanu:
(a) won't build the house in Dhaka
(b) won't finish his degree
(c) will be successful
(d) won't receive his promotion

6. Hasina's letters indicate that she is:
(a) working in the farment factory
(b) back with her second husband
(c) working in a house of prostitution
(d) working as a maid and nursemaid for a good family

7. Who accompanies Nazneen to Dr. Azad's office?
(a) no one
(b) Chanu
(c) Raiza
(d) Mrs. Islam

8. Who is Karim?
(a) a friend of Chanu
(b) a boy from the building
(c) a member of the Lion Hearts
(d) the nephew of the sweatshop owner

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

10. While at the hospital what does Nazneen think about Chanu?
(a) he is only concerned with appearances
(b) she is beginning to understand him and he is not a bad man
(c) he is too materialistic
(d) he is self-centered

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

12. Chanu tells Nazneen:
(a) 'you don't need such things'
(b) 'make a list'
(c) 'we have no moeny'
(d) 'anything you want, you only have to ask'

13. Who had Chanu received a letter from?
(a) Nazneen's father
(b) a relative requesting money
(c) Mrs. Islam
(d) Hasina

14. Hasina works in a:
(a) bar
(b) garment factory
(c) store
(d) restaurant

15. What do the Azad's discuss with Chanu?
(a) the Qur'an
(b) the clash of cultures
(c) politics
(d) the mobile library

Short Answer Questions

1. Nazneen regularly:

2. Before doing housework, Nazneen:

3. Why does Hasina feel that Nazneen is depressed:

4. When Nazneen asks Chanu for a new sari, he:

5. What does Chanu tell Dr. Azad that his plan is?

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