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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. What is Nishat thinking about at the party in Chapter 1?
(a) How she did not get a gift.
(b) How she is perceived by the guests.
(c) How she wants to leave badly.
(d) How to construct the “perfect coming out moment" (3).

2. What does Nishat wish she had memorized?
(a) The Bengali word for lesbian.
(b) Her homework.
(c) The Bengali word for silence.
(d) Her keys.

3. What messaging app does priti use to send pictures to Nishat?
(a) Instagram.
(b) WhatsApp.
(c) TikTok.
(d) Facebook.

4. When was the last time Nishat prayed?
(a) Last night.
(b) In the morning.
(c) She never prays.
(d) When she went to the mosque.

5. What is the Transition year supposed to be spent on?
(a) Science and math skills.
(b) Practical skills.
(c) Amusement.
(d) Creativity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nishat draw on Priti’s hand in Chapter 2?

2. Where does Nishat's father work?

3. What does Sunny Apu whisper to Nishat?

4. What does the principal announce on the intercom to the students?

5. Whose birthday party is being arranged at the end of Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What roles do Nishat and Priti play at Sunny Apu's wedding?

2. In Chapter 4, what does Nishat ask Priti?

3. In Chapter 8, why does Priti shoot down Nishat for making Bengali food from the restaurant for their business project?

4. Why is Nishat excited in Chapter 10?

5. What kind of marriage do Ammu and Abbu have?

6. In Chapter 9, whose hands are wrapped in henna?

7. Why did Ammu and Abbu leave Bangladesh in Chapter 1?

8. What does Priti suggest as the name for Nishat's henna business?

9. In Chapters 9, Flavia approaches Nishat at school to show her the henna design on her hand. Where did she copy the design from?

10. How does Priti describe Chaewon?

(see the answer keys)

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