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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 19, what does Shirin hear that makes her stop kissing Ocean?
(a) Car backfire.
(b) People coming toward them.
(c) People talking in the stacks.
(d) Bell.

2. How old was Ocean when his mom split up with the boyfriend who got Ocean playing basketball?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

3. What is Ocean's mother's name?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Gwen.
(c) Brenda.
(d) Linda.

4. Where does Coach Hart yell at Shirin?
(a) His office.
(b) An empty classroom.
(c) Principal's office.
(d) The gym.

5. How does Shirin describe school at the beginning of Chapter 22?
(a) Surreal.
(b) Weird.
(c) Bizarre.
(d) Outlandish.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Shirin rides to school with Ocean for a second day in Chapter 27, what do people call her?

2. In Chapter 18, where does Shirin remember that she saw a camel?

3. When Shirin checks her phone in Chapter 17, how long ago was the first message that Ocean sent her?

4. What is the name of the cheerleader who talks to Shirin in Chapter 15?

5. Where does someone take a picture of Shirin in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation do Navid and Shirin have in Chapter 20 after she kisses Ocean?

2. In Chapter 16, what reception does Shirin get when she returns to Global Perspectives?

3. In Chapter 25, how do Ocean and Shirin manage to remain relatively drama-free for just over three weeks?

4. Why does Ocean feel like he cannot quit basketball?

5. What happens the second morning that Shirin rides to school with Ocean?

6. What encounter do Shirin and Ocean have with Coach Hart at her locker in Chapter 25?

7. How do things at school change for Shirin?

8. Why does a cheerleader wave Shirin over in Chapter 15?

9. In Chapter 19, what is Shirin thinking when she ignores Ocean?

10. In Chapter 18, how long is Shirin sick?

(see the answer keys)

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