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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. After weeks of trying every form of American food available, Kazem and Nematollah concluded that the only American foods that were edible were canned chili, Chips Ahoy cookies and what?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Potato chips.
(c) Coca-cola.
(d) Campbell's soup.

2. It was the consensus of Firoozeh's family that Kentucky Fried Chicken and what were tops in the fast-food department?
(a) McDonald's.
(b) Baskin-Robbins.
(c) In-N-Out Burger.
(d) Arby's.

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

4. What is the name of Firoozeh's mother?
(a) Sedigeh.
(b) Nazireh.
(c) Parvine.
(d) Kazem.

5. In Chapter 7, Firoozeh was asked to speak to her friend's class of what grade about her homeland?
(a) 6th.
(b) 8th.
(c) 7th.
(d) 9th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Firoozeh opposed to doing while at camp in Chapter 8?

2. What did Firoozeh discover all of the other campers had done when she arrived at the bus station in Chapter 8?

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

4. To Kazem, Walt Disney was a genius who allowed everyone to do what?

5. What is Firoozeh's family's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were the other girls like at Firoozeh's camp? Who did Firoozeh like the most?

3. Where did Francois want to honeymoon? What was Firoozeh's reaction?

4. What pet had Francois' grandmother owned in the Congo? What happened to it?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why was Firoozeh embarrassed on her way home from school with her mother in Chapter 1?

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