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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 was the U.S. Embassy labeled by the Iranian students who held it hostage?
(a) Den of Spies.
(b) Castle of Infidels.
(c) Fort of Doom.
(d) Bunker of Assassins.

2. Where in California did Firoozeh's family move on their first move from Iran?
(a) San Diego, California.
(b) Pomona, California.
(c) Thousand Oaks, California.
(d) Whittier, California.

3. What is the name of the camp Firoozeh went to in Chapter 8?
(a) The Kern River Summer Camp.
(b) The Lassen Peak Summer Camp.
(c) The Pine Lodge Mountain Summer Camp.
(d) The Giant Sequoia Summer Camp.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Disneyland opened?

2. What was Aunt Parvine's profession?

3. 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?

4. Where is Firoozeh's husband from?

5. How many times previously had Firoozeh's family been to Disneyland when Kazem invited Iranian colleagues to meet his family there in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What had Nazirah wanted to study? Why didn't she?

5. How does the narrator describe America's knowledge of her home country in her youth?

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

7. What were the Dumas family's trips to Las Vegas like? How did Firoozeh feel about them?

8. What did the Dumas family hold as a pinnacle in terms of tourist attractions? Why?

9. Describe Kazem's childhood. How close was his family?

10. What fast food restaurants did Nematollah and Kazem visit during Nematollah's stay? What was their consensus?

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