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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Firoozeh had taken French classes since what grade in school?
(a) 10th.
(b) 9th.
(c) 7th.
(d) 8th.

2. After getting married, Firoozeh and Francois moved where?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Santa Barbara.

3. What does Shah translate to?
(a) King of holiness.
(b) King of kings.
(c) King of men.
(d) King of the universe.

4. What did Francois' mother inquire about when Firoozeh told her of the earthquake in Chapter 23?
(a) The television.
(b) The china.
(c) A painting.
(d) A vase.

5. What elderly woman did Firoozeh help during the earthquake in Chapter 23?
(a) Glenda.
(b) Gladice.
(c) Gina.
(d) Golda.

6. What does the author write is an Iranian tradition at weddings?
(a) Drinking wine.
(b) Eating huge meals.
(c) Dancing with strangers.
(d) Abundant kissing.

7. Who did Firoozeh first call after the earthquake in Chapter 23?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

8. Who had said that Firoozeh could never set foot in her house in Chapter 22?
(a) Francois' brother.
(b) Francois' father.
(c) Francois' mother.
(d) Francois' sister.

9. What is the name of the New Year in Iranian calendars and the corresponding traditional celebrations?
(a) Wrozun.
(b) Nuzrow.
(c) Nowruz.
(d) Wruzon.

10. What Christmas special did Firoozeh's family enjoy watching on television?
(a) National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.
(b) The Bob Hope Christmas Special.
(c) It's A Wonderful Life.
(d) A Charlie Brown Christmas.

11. What refers to a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded in 1946?
(a) Rhodes Scholarship.
(b) International Aid.
(c) Oxford Scholarship.
(d) Fulbright Scholarship.

12. When did President Carter host a visit to the White House by the Shah of Iran?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1973.

13. Who was invited to attend the celebration when President Carter hosted the Shah of Iran?
(a) All Iranian Americans.
(b) All 50 Governors.
(c) The general public.
(d) The 100 wealthiest Iranian Americans.

14. Firoozeh entered a competition at school in which the participants had to prepare a speech in French on the subject of what?
(a) "Responsibility Toward Technology."
(b) "Technological Advancements."
(c) "The History of Technology."
(d) "The Curse of Technology."

15. After Kazem retired, he took up a new hobby of going on what kind of seminars?
(a) Self improvement.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Stock market.
(d) Time-share.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warned Kazem not to go to the celebration when President Carter hosted the Shah of Iran because of the planned protests?

2. For how many nights did Firoozeh's family watch TV hoping for a break in the hostage situation in Chapter 19?

3. Who starred in the film Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins?

4. The elderly woman whom Firoozeh assisted in the earthquake came every month thereafter with what to thank her for looking after her?

5. Firoozeh's husband was of what religious faith?

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