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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Homeland Security responsible for identifying, investigating, and dismantling vulnerabilities regarding the nation's border, economic, transportation, and infrastructure security?
(a) IATSA.
(b) CBP.
(c) ICE.
(d) The USCIS.

2. Who is Nadira's geometry teacher in the book?
(a) Mr. Friedlander.
(b) Mr. Chin.
(c) Mr. Jackson.
(d) Mr. Smith.

3. When Abba is detained for having an expired visa, he is told that what proceedings would likely begin in Section 2: Chapter 2?
(a) Deportation proceedings.
(b) Fraud proceedings.
(c) Capital punishment proceedings.
(d) Importation proceedings.

4. Who is the young Bangladeshi man who tries to sell Nadira a fake ID for Abba in Section 4: Chapter 5?
(a) Abba.
(b) Taslima.
(c) Tim.
(d) Tareq.

5. Nadira claims that Abba's older brother was killed when he joined what group in Section 6: Chapter 7?
(a) The Brahmaputra.
(b) The Maharaja.
(c) The Mukti Bahini.
(d) The Timor-Leste.

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

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

8. What is Nadira's last name in the novel?
(a) Huston.
(b) Hussein.
(c) Hossain.
(d) Hossein.

9. What is the name of Nadira's older sister?
(a) Lily Yee.
(b) Taslima.
(c) Abba.
(d) Aisha.

10. 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) Into Montreal.
(c) Back to Bangladesh.
(d) Uncle and Auntie's apartment.

11. Ma tells Nadira they finally have enough for Abba's bond and he will be released when in Section 4: Chapter 5?
(a) Next week.
(b) Tomorrow.
(c) In two weeks.
(d) Next month.

12. When was the U.S.A. Patriot Act signed into law?
(a) November 20, 2001.
(b) September 12, 2001.
(c) October 11, 2002.
(d) October 26, 2001.

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

14. Once, Nadira came home to find what burning in a pan, and she ran outside to find Ma crying on a park bench?
(a) Rice.
(b) Eggplant.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Curry.

15. In what year did the September 11 attacks take place on the World Trade Center?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a word for God used in the context of Islam?

2. What does the border officer tell Abba when he explains his family is seeking asylum in Section 2: Chapter 2?

3. Taslima met Tim while working at what?

4. In what year did a drought cause Nadira's great-grandparents to move to a small village in Bangladesh?

5. When Bengal was divided in the Partition, the side which belonged to India held mostly what?

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