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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the leader of the Iranian Revolution?
(a) Ayatollah Pahlavi.
(b) Ayatollah Beheshti.
(c) Ayatollah Rafsanjani.
(d) Ayatollah Khomeini.

2. What is the capital of Iran?
(a) Touyserkan.
(b) Tabriz.
(c) Tehran.
(d) Tabas.

3. Where did Francois want to honeymoon?
(a) India.
(b) Japan.
(c) Tibet.
(d) Mocolia.

4. What is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of that expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made?
(a) Phrase.
(b) Opinion.
(c) Idiom.
(d) Superstition.

5. What was Aunt Parvine's profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Waitress.
(d) Painter.

6. How old was Farshid in Chapter 8?
(a) 23.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 24.

7. When did Iran approve a theocratic constitution?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1975.

8. From what had Francois' grandfather died?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Gunshot.
(c) Old age.
(d) Infection.

9. When she first met with her teacher at Leffingwell Elementary School, Firoozeh showed the only English she knew by reciting what?
(a) Animals.
(b) Constelations.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Colors.

10. What did Kazem purchase for Firoozeh before she went to camp in Chapter 8?
(a) A purse.
(b) Several cans of bug spray.
(c) A sari.
(d) A sleeping bag.

11. What food had Firoozeh taken to a class to speak about her homeland in Chapter 7?
(a) Stuffed grape leaves.
(b) Antipasta.
(c) Falafel.
(d) Baba Ganush.

12. Where had Kazim attended graduate school?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Texas.

13. Where is Disneyland Park located?
(a) Anaheim, California.
(b) Los Angeles, California.
(c) San Diego, California.
(d) Long Beach, California.

14. What did schoolchildren call Firoozeh when she was young?
(a) "Voracious."
(b) "Ferocious."
(c) "Tenacious."
(d) "Ravenous."

15. Where in Iran did Firoozeh 's family move from to California?
(a) Khomein, Iran.
(b) Meybod, Iran.
(c) Abadan, Iran.
(d) Rezvanshahr, Iran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade did Firoozeh begin at Leffingwell Elementary School?

2. How old was Firoozeh when her family moved from Iran to California?

3. What had Nazireh wanted to be educated in?

4. Where was the summer camp located which Firoozeh attended in Chapter 8?

5. What was the name of Firoozeh's first teacher in the United States?

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