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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things are woven together to decorate O'Connell's?
(a) Sports photographs and the Qur'an.
(b) Indian and British flags.
(c) Irish flags and the Qur'an.
(d) Photos of movie stars and Irish flags.

2. Where does Alsana's niece work?
(a) The cobbler's.
(b) The dry-cleaner's.
(c) The laundromat.
(d) The local pub.

3. What are Magid and Irie wearing the morning Samad drives them to school?
(a) Black clothes with white armbands.
(b) All green clothes.
(c) A suit for Magid and a dress for Irie.
(d) Their pajamas.

4. What is it that Mad Mary does upon meeting people?
(a) Spits on them.
(b) Shakes their hands.
(c) Smacks them.
(d) Kisses their cheeks.

5. Who often joins Clara and Alsana for lunch?
(a) Samad.
(b) Clara's mother.
(c) Alsana's niece.
(d) Archie.

6. What is the subject of the disagreement between Archie and Clive?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Which football team is better.
(c) World War II.
(d) The current Prime Minister's policies.

7. What is the one place where Samad feels most comfortable in the weeks after meeting Poppy?
(a) The restaurant.
(b) Archie's home.
(c) The local pub.
(d) Home.

8. Where did Archie meet his first wife?
(a) A train in France.
(b) The Olympics.
(c) A cafe in Italy.
(d) A party in London.

9. On what street does Archie Jones attempt suicide?
(a) The A41.
(b) Fleet Street.
(c) Drury Lane.
(d) Cricklewood Broadway.

10. Which of these things is not among Alsana and Millat's "essentials"?
(a) A sewing machine.
(b) A Bruce Springsteen album.
(c) A foot bath.
(d) Bottled water.

11. What does Samad win in a poker game?
(a) An expensive watch.
(b) The fate of the prisoner.
(c) Train tickets back to Bengal.
(d) $3200 American dollars.

12. How did Clara actually meet Ryan?
(a) He introduced himself to her in the school lunchroom.
(b) They were waiting together for a bus.
(c) They were assigned to do a school project together.
(d) She rang his doorbell during her witnessing rounds.

13. On what does Samad blame all of his problems?
(a) His damaged hand.
(b) The war.
(c) His wife.
(d) The West.

14. What is Alsana wearing on her head that Samad makes fun of?
(a) Sunglasses.
(b) One of her son's baseball caps.
(c) Curlers.
(d) One of Clara's Jamaican scarves.

15. What does Alsana Iqbal do to make money?
(a) Takes care of children.
(b) Works as a telemarketer.
(c) Sews clothes for a shop called Domination.
(d) Does alterations for a bridal boutique.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these things is not served at O'Connell's?

2. What does Clara borrow secretly from Neena?

3. What school do Clara and Ryan both attend?

4. What is the Bowden family's religion?

5. What injury does Clara sustain in the bike accident?

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