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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. How old is Nishat?

2. Why is Nishat excited in Chapter 10?

3. What messaging app does priti use to send pictures to Nishat?

4. Who answers the door and acts surprised to see Nishat?

5. What does the teacher notice about Nishat in class in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nishat thinking about at the engagement party?

2. Nishat talks about which rumor Chyna spread about her father's restaurant in Chapter 5?

3. What craze does Priti think should become cool in Dublin?

4. At which event does the novel begin?

5. Why does Nishat feel guilty for leaving Priti at the party?

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 12, what does Nishat think of the party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nishat remembers a painful incident with Flávia’s cousin, Chyna, a few years previously. Why was Nishat upset by Chyna’s actions?

Essay Topic 2

Flavia realizes she may have been distancing herself from her own Afro-Brazilian culture, as she feels she has to fit in/assimilate with her father’s side of the family. Can you discuss what impact this may have had on Flavia?

Essay Topic 3

What impresses Nishat about Ms. Montgomery’s teaching methods in Chapter 7? Does Ms. Montgomery support Nishat?

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