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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old is Aisha in the beginning of "Ask Me No Questions"?
2. After Abba is taken away, Nadira and Aisha help Ma buy a coat like one that who wore in Section 2: Chapter 2?
3. What village in Bangladesh did Nadira's great-grandparents eventually settle in?
4. 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?
5. What refers to a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the U.S., reduce America's vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do occur?
Short Essay Questions
1. How have Nadira's feelings about her sister changed at the end of Section 7: Chapter 9? Why?
2. What interaction does Nadira have with Tareq in Section 4: Chapter 5? How does she describe this character?
3. What does Nadira say her father has taught her about morality in America in Section 6: Chapter 7?
4. What argument does Nadira have with Uncle in Section 5: Chapter 6? What excuse does Auntie give?
5. What does Nadira relate of her sense of moral goodness in Section 6: Chapter 7? How does she relate this to her ancestry?
6. How does Nadira feel about her sister? How does she describe Aisha in Section 1: Chapter 1?
7. Why does Nadira seek her sister out at school in Section 7: Chapter 9? Where do they go after school?
8. When do Nadira and Aisha return to school in Section 4: Chapter 5? Who first approaches them? Why?
9. How does Nadira describe the final stretch to the Canadian border in Section 2: Chapter 2?
10. Who accosts Nadira on the bus in Section 5: Chapter 6? What is Nadira's response?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the impact of 9/11 on illegal immigrants in the United States. What did the Patriot Act include which caused panic amongst these immigrants? How is this panic reflected in the novel? What were the numbers of immigrants who fled to Canada during this period?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and analyze the major conflicts and obstacles for the Hossains in the novel. What external conflicts do the Hossains face? What internal conflicts plague the protagonist? How do each of these conflicts serve to create tension and suspense in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the plot structure of Ask Me No Questions, identifying and discussing the exposition, rising action, climax, and denouement of the novel. How traditional is Budhos's story structure in the narrative? Are there subplots, and if so, what do they relate?
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