Brick Lane Quizzes

Brick Lane Quiz 1

1 In what year is Nazneen born?
1954

1985

1971

1967
2 What kind of food is Rupban planning to prepare when she goes into labor?
A salad of mangos and fresh herbs

Roast pig

Chicken

A special sweet eaten only during festivals
3 Where is Hamid when he hears his wife screaming from labor pains?
Asleep on a porch

In the garden

In the study

In the latrine
4 What is the name of the midwife who delivers Nazneen?
Banesa

Mumtaz

Hasina

Razia
5 What does Nazneen's father often say about her mother?
She is a torment to him.

She could have been a scholar if she had not been born a woman.

She is the most beautiful woman in the world.

She is a saint.
6 What option does Rupban reject when it comes to her infant daughter?
Sending her to be fostered by a wealthy family

Sending her to a temple to be raised to be a nun

Sending her to a hospital

Abandoning her in order to save resources for sons
7 How old is Hasina when she elopes?
Twenty

Sixteen

Seventeen

Fourteen
8 How old is Chanu when Nazneen marries him?
About 18

About 30

About 40

About 25
9 What news are Mrs. Islam and Razia gossiping about when they arrive to visit Nazneen?
A family who has lost money due to fraud

A divorce

A suicide

Adultery
10 What is the name of Chanu's supervisor at the start of the novel?
Mr. Dickinson

Mr. Donaldson

Mr. Darnley

Mr. Dalloway
11 What medical condition does Chanu suffer from?
Diabetes

Asthma

Tremors in his hands

Ulcers
12 Who finds Rupban after her sudden death?
Hamid

Nazneen

Mumtaz

Hasina
13 What are the names of Razia's children?
Jorina and Shefali

Malek and Tariq

Chanu and Hasina

Tariq and Shefali
14 Why does Hasina leave her husband?
He has been beating her.

She misses her parents and hometown.

She feels guilty about having run away and believes the marriage is cursed.

She is in love with someone else.
15 How does Nazneen respond to her husband's refusal to try and help Hasina?
She starts planning to leave him.

She is persuaded to believe that he is correct.

She becomes very angry and fights with him often.

She silently rebels in small ways.
16 Where does Hasina plan to work after she leaves her husband?
A match factory

As a schoolteacher

A garment factory

An ice cream shop
17 What does Razia's husband do for work?
He works at a garment factory.

He works at a factory making dolls.

He owns a small grocery store.

He drives a cab.
18 What does Razia want to study?
Engineering

Law

Finance

English
19 Why does Chanu tell Nazneen she cannot attend college with Razia?
She will need to devote her time to the baby.

She is not intelligent enough to learn anything.

It will cost too much money.

It will make him appear incompetent as a provider.
20 When does Nazneen tend to eat?
When she is with her female friends

When she is alone and unwatched by Chanu

When she buys food for herself at local restaurants and pubs

When she and her husband enjoy meals together
21 What feature does baby Ruku share with his aunt Hasina?
Almond shaped eyes

Long fingers

Full, pouty lips

Fair skin
22 What interests Chanu most about his son?
His prospective physical strength

His prospective intelligence

His prospective good looks

His prospective piety
23 Who tries to dominate Nazneen and control how to take care of the baby?
Jorina

Mrs. Islam

Mumtaz

Razia
24 How does Chanu's attitude towards his work change over time?
He becomes less certain that he will get promoted.

He thinks he could find better work in America.

He becomes fixated on the idea of going to medical school.

He comes to believe Nazneen has a better chance of earning money for the family.
25 From what Shakespeare play does Chanu recite lines for Nazneen?
Romeo and Juliet

Hamlet

Macbeth

Richard II

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How did the writer represent Nazeen?

Nazneen is the protagonist in the book. She lives in a village in Bangladesh until she is eighteen and then moves to London when she gets married to Chanu. Nazneen is the sister of Hanisa, and the mother of Raqib (who dies as an infant), Shahana,...

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How was the light of expatriate bring changes in their mission and vision in ''brick lane'' novel which is written by Monica Ali?

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