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

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

3. What college has Aisha applied to in Canada in Section 5: Chapter 6?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) McGill University.
(c) Montreal University.
(d) Vancouver University.

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

5. What job did Nadira's father take upon arriving in the United States?
(a) Dry-cleaner.
(b) Banker.
(c) Waiter.
(d) Baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ma stay when Abba is detained in order to wait for his release in Section 2: Chapter 2?

2. Who approaches and offers to help get a fake green card for Abba in Section 7: Chapter 9?

3. Once, Nadira came home to find what burning in a pan, and she ran outside to find Ma crying on a park bench?

4. What is a person, team, company, or other organization competing against another person or team, etc.?

5. Nadira often helps who in his newspaper store after school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of Taslima described in Section 4: Chapter 5? How did Taslima meet Tim?

2. How have Nadira's feelings about her sister changed at the end of Section 7: Chapter 9? Why?

3. What does Abba tell the border officer in Section 2: Chapter 2? What does the officer respond?

4. How does Nadira feel about her sister? How does she describe Aisha in Section 1: Chapter 1?

5. Who accosts Nadira on the bus in Section 5: Chapter 6? What is Nadira's response?

6. What does Tim inform Nadira and Aisha regarding their father at the end of Section 5: Chapter 6?

7. What caused the Hossains to seek asylum in Canada in Section 1: Chapter 1?

8. What dangers worry Nadira's parents about their attempts to seek asylum in Section 1: Chapter 1?

9. What does Nadira relate of her sense of moral goodness in Section 6: Chapter 7? How does she relate this to her ancestry?

10. What does Nadira say her father has taught her about morality in America in Section 6: Chapter 7?

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