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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. The gist of Hasina's letter is that she:

2. What does Chanu do after having been in England for almost thirty years?

3. What is passed around for all to see during the meeting at the mosque?

4. After the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Chanu:

5. Nazneen plans to tell Chanu:

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Nazneen goes out for thread?

2. What does the entire family attend?

3. Why does Hasina write in the letter to her sister?

4. What does Nazneen tell Karim?

5. Why does Nazneen decide to attend the meeting at the mosque?

6. What does Nazneen learn from her letters from Hasina?

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

8. What happens that accelerates Chanu's plan to move his family to Bangladesh?

9. What happens after the meeting at the mosque?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why are there so many clashes between Chanu and Shahana? What are the sources of these clashes? How can they be resolved?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways does Nazneen show a strength of character at the end of the book that she hasn't previously shown? To what do you attribute this?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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