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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 do Dr. Azad and Chanu feel most Pakistani immigrants do?

2. When Mrs. Islam wants to take the baby for several hours, Nazneen:

3. Who had Chanu received a letter from?

4. Nazneen's marriage was:

5. When Rupban first went into labor, she was busy:

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Chanu upset with Dr. Azad?

2. During the dinner, what does Chanu feel bitter about?

3. How does the family survive?

4. What does Nazneen learn from Mrs. Islam?

5. What is Chanu's theory about Mrs. Islam's handkerchiefs?

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

7. What does Nazneen realize about Chanu while they are sitting at the hospital?

8. Why is Nazneen worried?

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

10. How are Nazneen and Chanu received by Dr. Azad?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Nazneen said she would make up her own mind about Chanu, Karim and Bangladesh, she meant it. She discussed it with no one. What is the significance of this? Should she have talked things out with Chanu earlier? What could this have accomplished?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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