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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chanu is:
(a) returning to Dhaka
(b) unemployed
(c) spending evenings at the pub
(d) still waiting for his promotion

2. When Nazneen asks Chanu for a new sari, he:
(a) says she doesn't need one
(b) buys it for her
(c) says no
(d) has a fit of rage

3. How long has Chanu been in England?
(a) ten years
(b) twenty-five years
(c) four years
(d) sixteen years

4. When his daughters displease him, Chanu:
(a) pouts
(b) flogs them
(c) locks himself in his room
(d) sends the girls to their rooms

5. Raiza is working to:
(a) send her children to school
(b) earn spending money
(c) to ward off boredom
(d) to get out of the house

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Nazneen about Chanu?

2. What does Nazneen refer to as the eternal three way torture?

3. Dr. Azad is Nazneen's:

4. Who admits Nazneen and Chanu to Dr. Azad's house?

5. Chanu feels that to be an immigrant is to:

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Hasina's job at the garment factory?

2. Why is Shahana not interested in the Internet?

3. Why does Chanu refuse to ehlp Hasina come to London?

4. What does Nazneen ask Chanu for permission to do with Raiza?

5. Why doesn't Chanu want Nazneen to go out?

6. Did Nazneen have any say in her marriage to Chanu?

7. Why is Nazneen surprised at her husband drinking beer?

8. What does Chanu tell Nazneen that his long range plans are?

9. What were the circumstances of Nazneen's birth?

10. How does Nazneen learn of her son's death?

(see the answer keys)

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