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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Raiza mentions Karim, what does Nazneen say?
(a) she says the lines she has rehearsed
(b) she denies the affair
(c) she refuses to discuss the subject
(d) she says she is in love with him

2. Nazneen finds herself thinking more and more of:
(a) Shahana
(b) Chanu
(c) Hasina
(d) Karim

3. What does Chanu plan to do in Dhaka?
(a) open a soap business
(b) teach
(c) open a jute business
(d) write

4. When Raiza and Nazneen are shopping, Nazneen:
(a) wants to talk about Karim but doesn't
(b) asks questions about divorce
(c) says she is returning to Bangladesh with Chanu
(d) tells Raiza about Karim

5. What term does the Questioner use at the meeting?
(a) shaheed
(b) Intifada
(c) jihad
(d) Hamas

6. How does Nazneen feel about their day of sightseeing?
(a) she is determined to make it enjoyable and successful
(b) she looks forward to it
(c) she dreads the idea
(d) she is indiffferent

7. During this time, Karim is:
(a) working long hours
(b) out of town
(c) seeing another woman
(d) busy organizing a Bengal Tiger march

8. Hasina writes her sister to:
(a) to criticize their mother
(b) to arrange a reconciliation with their father
(c) to give her advice
(d) tell a secret

9. Shahana has begun to:
(a) cry about moving
(b) look forward to mvoing to Bangladesh
(c) taunt her father
(d) tease Bibi about life in Bangladesh

10. Nazneen tells Karim that she:
(a) wnts to marry him
(b) doesn't want to marry him
(c) is going with Chanu
(d) has nothing to say

11. Nazneen's affair with Karim is:
(a) known to Chanu
(b) still going on
(c) known to Mrs. Islam
(d) over

12. The night before their departure:
(a) Chanu says they aren't going
(b) Shahana runs away
(c) Nazneen says she will go
(d) Bibi runs away

13. Why does Chanu feel that the English feel so threatened by the Pakistanis?
(a) Pakistani culture is so strong
(b) Pakistanis are good workers
(c) the Pakistanis succeed in whatever they do
(d) Pakastanis do well in school

14. Chanu came home once when:
(a) Shahana had friends over
(b) Nazneen was at the mosque
(c) Raiza was visiting
(d) Karim was using his computer

15. Chanu says that Nazneen had:
(a) epilepsy
(b) pneumonia
(c) nervous breakdown
(d) nervous exhaustion

Short Answer Questions

1. Nazneen tells her daughters:

2. When Karim arrives with a load of jeans, they:

3. The attendees decide that they will support all but:

4. Nazneen plans to tell Chanu:

5. When Nazneen is sick, Dr. Azad recommends:

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