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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nazneen wants Chanu to:
(a) to quit his job
(b) to move to the country
(c) go to Dhaka to find Hasina
(d) talk to Hasina's husband

2. Nazneen has a dream about:
(a) a mynah bird that wouldn't fly away
(b) her sister
(c) her daughter's disappearance
(d) Mrs. Islam

3. What do the Azad's discuss with Chanu?
(a) the Qur'an
(b) politics
(c) the mobile library
(d) the clash of cultures

4. The family is supported by Nazneen's:
(a) teaching
(b) work as a waitress
(c) tailoring business
(d) work as a store clerk

5. Nazneen's marriage was:
(a) due to elopement
(b) arranged by her father
(c) dreaded
(d) to a man she loved

6. What happens to Hasina's job at the garment factory?
(a) she transfers to a different factory
(b) she is promoted
(c) she is fired
(d) she quits

7. Dr. Azad is Nazneen's:
(a) dinner guest
(b) neighbor
(c) husband
(d) landlord

8. What does Chanu tell Dr. Azad that his plan is?
(a) to teacvh at the university
(b) to own a country estate
(c) to buy a new car
(d) to be successful and return to Pakistan

9. Who accompanies Nazneen to Dr. Azad's office?
(a) Raiza
(b) Chanu
(c) no one
(d) Mrs. Islam

10. Why does Hasina feel that Nazneen is depressed:
(a) her husband is unemployed
(b) her letters are short
(c) Nazneen wants a different kind of life
(d) Nazneen says she is unhappy

11. Nazneen describes her husband as:
(a) egotistical
(b) kind
(c) mean
(d) ultra religious

12. Chanu is:
(a) unemployed
(b) returning to Dhaka
(c) still waiting for his promotion
(d) spending evenings at the pub

13. While they are talking, Nazneen thinks about:
(a) her husband making a fool of himself
(b) her sister Hasina
(c) returning to Pakistan
(d) why Dr. Azad visits at their house

14. Who admits Nazneen and Chanu to Dr. Azad's house?
(a) Dr. Azad
(b) the daughter
(c) a servant
(d) Mrs. Azad

15. What will Chanu have within several months of the dinner with Dr. Azad?
(a) a new job
(b) a new house
(c) a second degree from a British university
(d) a new car

Short Answer Questions

1. Nazneen is irritated by Mrs. Islam's:

2. When Mrs. Islam wants to take the baby for several hours, Nazneen:

3. As Nazneen is walking around lost, what does she think of:

4. Nazneen regularly:

5. Raiza now works at a:

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