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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. The purpose of the meeting at the mosque is to:

2. Tension in their neighborhood increases between the Bengal Tigers and the:

3. What does Chanu tell his daughters?

4. Nazneen thinks her relationship with Karim will:

5. When Nazneen confronts Chanu about the money from Dr. Azad, she finds:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Hasina's secret?

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

4. After the meeting, what happens when Karim brings clothes to Nazneen?

5. What happens after the meeting at the mosque?

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

7. What does the entire family attend?

8. How does Nazneen get Mrs. Islam to forgive the debt?

9. What alarms Nazneen when she listens to Chanu and Dr. Azad talk at dinner?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book Chanu warned Nazneen about Raiza. Why? What was the threat that was represented by Raiza?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Nazneen accepts the marriage to the man her father has chosen even though he is a complete stranger to her. What does she realize about him when

Ruku dies that makes her think her father did a good job in selecting a husband for her? Does she think that she and Chanu are very different?

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