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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. 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?

2. Who agrees to write a letter, explaining why Abba gave money to the mosque in Section 7: Chapter 9?

3. Aisha and Nadira stop at an all-you-can-eat buffet outside what city in Section 3: Chapter 4?

4. After what year did the Federal government, rather than the individual states, begin regulating immigration into the United States?

5. What is the name of Nadira's father in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Nadira go to visit Ali-uncle in Section 4: Chapter 5? How is this character described?

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

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

4. What do Aisha and Nadira learn from their mother in Section 7: Chapter 9? Who approaches, attempting to help?

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

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

7. Where does Aisha take Nadira in Section 6: Chapter 8? Why?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character arc of Nadira in "Ask Me No Questions". How does Nadira progress and grow as a young woman from the beginning of the novel to the end? How is this recognized by her family? What moral lessons does the protagonist learn?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the history of Bangladesh, and how this history relates to Nadira's family in the novel. How does Nadira describe the lives of her ancestors? What drove her great-grandparents to Dhaka? What was the principal impetus for Bengalis to immigrate to the United States?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the events and the actions of the U.S. Government following 9/11 and their impact on illegal and legal immigrants in the country. How did the lives of legal Muslim immigrants change after the Patriot Act? What are some real-life examples of the discrimination against Muslims following 9/11 in America? How are these events related in the novel?

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