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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. What language did Firoozeh's family principally speak?
(a) French.
(b) Persian.
(c) Bengali.
(d) English.

2. Firoozeh's brothers who ridiculed her for renaming herself an American name later became known as Fred and what?
(a) Mike.
(b) Mark.
(c) Sean.
(d) John.

3. Where had the teacher thought Firoozeh was from when she was supposed to speak to a class about her homeland in Chapter 7?
(a) Ecuador.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Peru.
(d) Brazil.

4. What was Kazem's favorite ride at Disneyland?
(a) "Space Mountain."
(b) "Disneyland Monorail."
(c) "Pirates of the Caribbean."
(d) "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad."

5. What is Firoozeh's family's last name?
(a) Dumas.
(b) Darlington.
(c) Davis.
(d) Ducatti.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the U.S. Embassy labeled by the Iranian students who held it hostage?

2. What consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi?

3. Where is Disneyland Park located?

4. What fast food chain did Kazem and Nematollah avoid because the name was intimidating and too hard to pronounce?

5. What is the name of Firoozeh's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tourist attractions did the Dumas family take in during their first few years in the U.S.? What did they think?

2. What obstacles did Firoozeh face because of her fear of bathing in front of the other girls at camp?

3. Describe the difficulty Firoozeh faced after changing her name. What did she change it to?

4. When did the Dumas family move to Newport Beach? What perceptions did people there have of them?

5. What story of his grandfather did Francois relate to Firoozeh in Chapter 10?

6. Who did Firoozeh meet with before beginning school in the United States? What was the meeting like?

7. Who was asked to find a summer camp for Firoozeh in Chapter 8? What choice was made?

8. How did Nazireh learn English? Who translated for her in town?

9. Where did the narrator move when she was seven? How did her family feel about the move?

10. How did Firoozeh feel about being asked about her homeland growing up?

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