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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. What does Aisha say about her phone to the school counselor in Section 4: Chapter 5?
(a) It is broken.
(b) It is cut off.
(c) The number changed.
(d) It is working.

2. What is the name of Nadira and Aisha's older cousin?
(a) Taslima.
(b) Abba.
(c) Lily Yee.
(d) Tareq.

3. Where do Nadira and Aisha go to help Ma buy a coat in Section 2: Chapter 2?
(a) The Salvation Army.
(b) Wal-Mart.
(c) Burlington Coat Factory.
(d) Macy's.

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

5. Nadira's family is driving where to seek asylum in the beginning of the book?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Canada.
(c) France.
(d) The United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has the school counselor arranged for a college interview for Aisha in Section 4: Chapter 5?

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

3. What is a federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. regulations, including trade, customs and immigration?

4. Aisha tells Nadira that she needs to do what, now that she is in charge in Section 3: Chapter 4?

5. When Abba is detained for having an expired visa, he is told that what proceedings would likely begin in Section 2: Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nadira describe her family's settling in Dhaka in Section 3: Chapter 3?

2. What interaction does Nadira have with Tareq in Section 4: Chapter 5? How does she describe this character?

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

4. What does Abba's family do once he is taken away in Section 2: Chapter 2? How do they feel?

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

6. What interaction does Nadira have with her sister at school in Section 5: Chapter 6? How does she feel about it?

7. What do Nadira and Aisha learn from Ali-uncle in Section 7: Chapter 9? What does Ali-uncle agree to do to help?

8. What scene does Aisha make publicly in Section 6: Chapter 8? Why?

9. What thoughts consume the Nadira and Aisha in Section 1: Chapter 1 as the family drives to seek asylum?

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

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