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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. Nadira's father took her to the city pool at what park to teach her to swim as a child?

2. Who does Nadira discover has disappeared in Section 13: Chapter 16?

3. Who is angry with Aisha for missing debate team practices and meets in Section 10: Chapter 12?

4. When Nadira's family stops for lunch on their way to their final appeal, Nadira and Aisha joke about going where?

5. Who comes to apologize to Nadira while she sits in the playground in Section 13: Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aisha close her valedictorian speech in Section 14: Chapter 17?

2. Who joins Nadira's family at the police station in Section 8: Chapter 10? What is the reaction to his presence?

3. How does Tareq describe the process of fake documentation in Section 11: Chapter 14?

4. How does Nadira describe the setting of the apartment in Section 9: Chapter 11? What do Nadira and Aisha do to help the situation?

5. What tension breaks the celebrations in Section 13: Chapter 16?

6. What discovery does Nadira make regarding her mother in Section 12: Chapter 15?

7. What does Aisha do with her college acceptance letters in Section 13: Chapter 16? Why?

8. What does Aisha admit to Nadira when she joins her in the playground in Section 13: Chapter 16?

9. What uproar do the Hossains find when they arrive home from the park in Section 13: Chapter 16?

10. What happens at the beginning of the preliminary hearing in Section 12: Chapter 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting of Dhaka, and discuss the decision of Auntie and Uncle to return to their homeland. How many Bangladeshi immigrants returned to their home countries willingly during the era following 9/11? Why are Auntie and Uncle outraged by Taslima's elopement?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of family in the novel. What symbolism supports this theme? How does Nadira feel about her family, and how do these feelings progress in the narrative? How does the Hossain family evolve in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and analyze the theme of alienation in the novel. How did Nadira's family feel alienated prior to the detainments? How is this theme embodied in each of the members of the Hossain family in Section 9: Chapter 11?

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