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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nadira's older sister cries as the family passes through Boston because she has always wanted to do what?
(a) Attend Yale.
(b) Attend Harvard.
(c) Attend Columbia.
(d) Attend Princeton.

2. How old is Nadira in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 12.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

3. Where do Nadira and Aisha go after school to try calling the INS in Section 7: Chapter 9?
(a) Dunkin' Donuts.
(b) Uncle's office.
(c) Ali-uncle's shop.
(d) McDonald's.

4. How much money does the officer tell Abba he must put together for a bond to apply for asylum in Canada again in Section 2: Chapter 2?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $3,000.

5. Nadira often helps who in his newspaper store after school?
(a) Mr. Rashid.
(b) Tim.
(c) Ali-uncle.
(d) Mr. Friedlander.

6. What village in Bangladesh did Nadira's great-grandparents eventually settle in?
(a) Chittagong.
(b) Rajshahi.
(c) Dhaka.
(d) Barisal.

7. Taslima claims that "the only way to fight a political situation is to" what, in Section 7: Chapter 9?
(a) "Be political."
(b) "Run away."
(c) "Fight crooked."
(d) "Fight fair."

8. Nadira and Aisha learn that Abba saved how much money for their college tuition secretly in Section 7: Chapter 9?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $3,000.
(d) $1,000.

9. According to the narrator, Ma's spirits lifted after Abba got cable because she loves watching what?
(a) Singing shows.
(b) Cartoons.
(c) Cooking shows.
(d) Soap operas.

10. Who do Nadira and Aisha get to write a letter about Abba in Section 7: Chapter 9?
(a) His father.
(b) His case worker.
(c) A police officer.
(d) His boss.

11. What is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is a sharp incongruity or discordance that goes beyond the simple and evident intention of words or actions?
(a) Catalyst.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Irony.
(d) Juxtaposition.

12. What is the name of the second lawyer that the Hossains hire to make them legal?
(a) Mr. Tareq.
(b) Mr. Friedlander.
(c) Mr. Rashid.
(d) Mr. Jackson.

13. When Abba saw Ma at a Bengali New Year fair, he refused to do what until his father arranged their marriage?
(a) Speak.
(b) Eat.
(c) Work.
(d) Swim.

14. Where does Abba send his daughters when he is detained for having an expired visa in Section 2: Chapter 2?
(a) Back to Minnesota.
(b) Uncle and Auntie's apartment.
(c) Into Montreal.
(d) Back to Bangladesh.

15. What location in New York Harbor was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States?
(a) Hamilton Island.
(b) Alexander Island.
(c) Golden Gate Bay.
(d) Ellis Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Abba incarcerated when he is detained for having an expired visa?

2. How many of the twenty questions on Nadira's geometry quiz does she complete in Section 5: Chapter 6?

3. Nadira recounts how the first lawyer they hired to make them legal was investigated for what?

4. What does Aisha say about her phone to the school counselor in Section 4: Chapter 5?

5. What job did Nadira's father take upon arriving in the United States?

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