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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. Hasina says that she is:

2. What happened to the Bengal Tigers?

3. Nazneen's affair with Karim is:

4. When Nazneen confronts Chanu about the money from Dr. Azad, she finds:

5. What does Karim do at the meeting in preparation for the march?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nazneen tell Karim?

2. Why doesn't Nazneen talk to Raiza about Karim?

3. After almost thirty years in England, why does Chanu decide to go sightseeing?

4. What is the cause of Nazneen's illness?

5. When Nanzeen tells Karim of the plans to move to Bangladesh, what does he tell her?

6. How does Nazneen learn of the tickets for Bangladesh?

7. What does Karim tell Nazneen about a group of kids in the neighborhood?

8. How does Nazneen get Mrs. Islam to forgive the debt?

9. What happens after the meeting at the mosque?

10. What indication is there of Nazneen's confusion over what she wants?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Chanu become increasingly better toward the English? What indications are there of this? How does Nazneen deal with the situation?

Essay Topic 2

Both Hasina and Nazneen grew up in the same household but they both chose different paths. Discuss this situation. Why would Hasina break with the tradition of her culture and flee her village? Why would Nazneen make the choices she makes?

Essay Topic 3

When Nazneen said she would make up her own mind about Chanu, Karim and Bangladesh, she meant it. She discussed it with no one. What is the significance of this? Should she have talked things out with Chanu earlier? What could this have accomplished?

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