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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chanu so concerned with at his work?

2. As Nazneen is walking around lost, what does she think of:

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

4. What does Nazneen learn that Chanu has done?

5. Chanu turns down a job:

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the family survive?

2. Why is Nazneen worried?

3. What does Chanu view as the tragedy of the immigrant?

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

5. Why is Chanu short with Nazneen when she mentions Mrs. Islam?

6. How is Nazneen beginning to view her husband?

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

8. What does Shahana tell Nazneen of her plans if they move to Bangladesh?

9. What does Hasina encourage Nazneen to do?

10. Why is Chanu teaching the girls at home instead of sending them to the mosque school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Comment on Nazneen's handling of the Mrs. Islam matter? How did she call their bluff? What made them call off the debt repayment?

Essay Topic 2

Nazneen was never very enthused about returning to Bangladesh. Why? What did it mean for her to leave England? Would her life have been harder in Bangladesh?

Essay Topic 3

What indications are there that Nazneen will become more Westernized? What is the significance of the ice skating rink? Why is it significant that Raiza is there?

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