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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. In their neighborhood, there is now tension between:

2. Who does Nazneen meet when she goes out for thread?

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

4. What does Shahana ask Chanu?

5. How does Nazneen travel to meet Karim:

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the cause of Nazneen's illness?

2. After almost thirty years in England, why does Chanu decide to go sightseeing?

3. Why doesn't Nazneen talk to Raiza about Karim?

4. What does Nazneen learn from her letters from Hasina?

5. How does Nazneen learn of the tickets for Bangladesh?

6. What does the entire family attend?

7. What happens that accelerates Chanu's plan to move his family to Bangladesh?

8. Why does Nazneen decide to attend the meeting at the mosque?

9. What does Karim tell Nazneen about a group of kids in the neighborhood?

10. Why does Hasina write in the letter to her sister?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Dr. Azad, most of the Pakistani immigrants who come to England think they will save money and then return to Pakistan. Is Chanu any different? What are his plans?

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

In what ways does Nazneen show a strength of character at the end of the book that she hasn't previously shown? To what do you attribute this?

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